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(measure); frightened
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tremble with fear
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Pronunciation
Verb
觳觫
- (literary) to tremble in fear
吾不忍其觳觫。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wú bùrěn qí húsù.
- I cannot bear its frightened appearance.
犧牲上場，如果顯得慷慨，他們就看了悲壯劇；如果顯得觳觫，他們就看了滑稽劇。 [MSC, trad.]
牺牲上场，如果显得慷慨，他们就看了悲壮剧；如果显得觳觫，他们就看了滑稽剧。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 1923, Lu Xun, What happens to Nora after she leaves? (《娜拉走後怎樣》)
- Xīshēng shàngchǎng, rúguǒ xiǎndé kāngkǎi, tāmen jiù kàn le bēizhuàng jù; rúguǒ xiǎndé húsù, tāmen jiù kàn le huájī jù.
- Enter the martyr. If they conduct themselves with heroic passion, for the mere watchers that's just a stirring tragic show. If the hero trembles in fear, then the show becomes rather amusing.
Japanese
Etymology
From Literary Chinese. From 孟子/梁惠王上.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
觳觫 • (kokusoku) †-tari (adnominal 觳觫とした (kokusoku to shita) or 觳觫たる (kokusoku taru), adverbial 觳觫と (kokusoku to) or 觳觫として (kokusoku to shite))
- fearing for one's life
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