临阵退缩
临阵退缩
lín zhèn tuì suō
to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom); to get cold feet
verbidiom
Traditional: 臨陣退縮
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- (verb, idiom) to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom)
- to get cold feet
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Related Words
出尔反尔(chū ěr fǎn ěr)· old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
→一寸光阴一寸金(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn)· lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
→一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴(yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn)· lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
→一日之计在于晨(yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén)· make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
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