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Chinese
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sparrow
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the gall; the nerve; courage the gall; the nerve; courage; guts; gall bladder
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trad. (鳥囝膽)
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鳥囝
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膽
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simp. (鸟囝胆)
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鸟囝
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胆
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Pronunciation
Adjective
鳥囝膽
- (Putian Puxian Min) timid; cowardly
Synonyms
- 喪膽 / 丧胆 (sàngdǎn)
- 小膽 / 小胆 (Hokkien)
- 怯懦 (qiènuò)
- 慄膽 / 栗胆 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
- 懦弱 (nuòruò)
- 懾膽 / 慑胆 (Hokkien)
- 熊 (xióng) (colloquial)
- 破膽 / 破胆 (Hokkien)
- 素母 (Zhangzhou 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)
- 荏弱 (rěnruò)
- 軟弱 / 软弱 (ruǎnruò)
- 雀囝膽 / 雀囝胆 (Puxian Min)
- 鳥膽 / 鸟胆 (Puxian Min)
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