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

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 ʃyː³⁵/

Idiom

膽小如鼠

to be timid as a mouse; to be very timid
Antonym: 氣壯如牛／气壮如牛 (qìzhuàngrúniú)

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