畏缩

to cower / to flinch / to quail / to recoil

Characters and words in 畏缩

to fear

= + : There's a Chinese saying that goes 出生之犊不畏虎; a newborn calf doesn't fear the tiger. I'll represent 畏 by this calf.

Willy Walrus (w) just gave birth to a calf (畏) in a flowery field (田) in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom (ei4). Christopher MacLeod (氏) spotted them and already lifts his broadsword, ready to strike. Willy Walrus is scared to death, but the calf knows nothing about the dangers of the world and thinks that Christopher MacLeod just wants to play.
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]

= 宿 + : The silk worm (纟) heard that there is a new hostel (宿) in front of the observatory (o1) and wants to check it out, but as she notices that the hostel is run by Susan Saint Bernard she slowly but steadily retreats (缩).

Words with 畏缩

to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance

Sentences with 畏缩

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