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Chinese[edit]
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imbecile; timid
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weak; feeble; young weak; feeble; young; inferior
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trad. (懦弱)
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懦
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弱
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simp. #(懦弱)
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懦
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弱
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Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
懦弱
- cowardly and weak
Synonyms[edit]
- 喪膽/丧胆 (sàngdǎn)
- 小膽/小胆 (Hokkien)
- 怯懦 (qiènuò)
- 慄膽/栗胆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 懾膽/慑胆 (Hokkien)
- 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
- 破膽/破胆 (Hokkien)
- 細膽/细胆 (sai3 daam2) (Cantonese)
- 羞怯 (xiūqiè)
- 膽小/胆小 (dǎnxiǎo)
- 膽怯/胆怯 (dǎnqiè)
- 膽細/胆细 (Hokkien)
- 軟弱/软弱 (ruǎnruò)
Antonyms[edit]
- 果敢 (guǒgǎn)
- 無畏/无畏 (wúwèi)
- 英勇 (yīngyǒng)
- 勇敢 (yǒnggǎn)
Related terms[edit]
- (literary) 孱弱 (chánruò)
- (literary) 無能/无能 (wúnéng)