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HSK
occasionally; from time to time
HSK 6
shy / embarrassed / bashful
HSK 7-9
shy; bashful
(lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control / (dialect) affecting shyness; coy / (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten
to only want to have a good time / to just want to have fun, and to shy away from self-discipline
shy / bashful
shy
affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered
affecting shyness or embarrassment / coy / mincing (walk, manner of speech) / mannered
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *愐* | 愐* | *愐
shy
twelve / 12
bashful / shy / shyness / modesty
coy / shy / bashful
shy with strangers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *羞* | 羞* | *羞
shy / ashamed / shame / bashful / variant of 饈|馐 / delicacies
to shy to speak out / tongue-tied / to hesitate / too embarrassing for words
lit. the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart (idiom); fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart / fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor / learn from past mistake / once bitten twice shy
to shy (away); to give a start
bashful / shy
to shy away from work / to get by without attending duty
lit. once bitten by a snake, one is scared all one's life at the mere sight of a rope (saying) / fig. once bitten, twice shy
shy
to take sth as a lesson for next time (idiom) / once bitten, twice shy
(Tw) excuse me; to be sorry; apologetic; embarrassed; shy (from Taiwanese 歹勢, Tai-lo pr. [pháinn-sè]) (also sometimes written as 歹勢 in Mandarin)
sloping shoulders / irresponsible / work-shy
shy / timid
to be too shy to speak one's mind (idiom)
bashful / shy


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