膽小如鼠

Chinese

		timid; cowardly	as (if); such as	rat; mouse
trad. (膽小如鼠)		膽小	如	鼠
simp. (胆小如鼠)		胆小	如	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎnxiǎorúshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daam² siu² jyu⁴ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎnxiǎorúshǔ [Phonetic: dánxiǎorúshǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎnsiǎorúshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tan³-hsiao³-ju²-shu³
    • Yale: dǎn-syǎu-rú-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daansheaurushuu
    • Palladius: даньсяожушу (danʹsjaožušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daam² siu² jyu⁴ syu²
    • Yale: dáam síu yùh syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daam² siu² jy⁴ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dam² xiu² yu⁴ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːm³⁵ siːu̯³⁵ jyː²¹ syː³⁵/

Idiom

膽小如鼠

1. to be timid as a mouse; to be very timid

   Antonym: 氣壯如牛／气壮如牛 (qìzhuàngrúniú)