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to dread punishment / afraid of being arrested for a crime
unafraid / to defy
not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
to be arrested by fear / restraint / scruple
to fear / to dread / foreboding
HSK 7-9
to revere
gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
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  *畏* | 畏* | *畏
to fear
to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
HSK 7-9
lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom) / fig. the fearlessness of youth
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time
revered friend
not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
(idiom) to feel intimidated
to feel intimidated
timorous / nervous
to flee to escape punishment / to abscond from justice
(loanword) DDVP, aka dichlorvos (an organophosphate used as an insecticide)
afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous / afraid of the slightest thing
to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
dreadful / formidable
without any fear of consequences / totally devoid of scruples
cowering / cringing
dangerous road / (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking
utterly fearless
to be daunted by challenges
to commit suicide to escape punishment
to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth


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