WordTaiwan frequency #21,059
畏縮
ㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛ
“to cower; to flinch; to shrink back out of fear or timidity”
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- 縮短ㄙㄨㄛ ㄉㄨㄢˇto shorten; to reduce; to curtail; to make shorter in length, duration, or extent
- 縮小ㄙㄨㄛ ㄒㄧㄠˇto reduce; to decrease; to shrink; to make smaller; to scale down
- 萎縮ㄨㄟ ㄙㄨㄛto wither; to dry up (of a plant); to shrink or atrophy (of muscle, organ, etc); to decline or diminish (of a custom, economy, etc).
- 縮減ㄙㄨㄛ ㄐㄧㄢˇto cut back; to reduce; to curtail; to scale down.
- 畏懼ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄩˋto fear; to dread; a deep sense of apprehension or foreboding about something threatening or unknown.
- 退縮ㄊㄨㄟˋ ㄙㄨㄛto shrink back; to cower; to recoil from action; to hesitate and hold back.
- 收縮ㄕㄡ ㄙㄨㄛto shrink; to contract; to pull back; (physiology) systole.
- 壓縮ㄧㄚ ㄙㄨㄛto compress; to reduce volume or size by applying pressure; to condense or shrink.
- 緊縮ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄙㄨㄛto tighten; to reduce; to cut back; (economics) austerity; a policy of spending less; a period of reduced economic activity
- 不畏ㄅㄨˋ ㄨㄟˋnot fear; not be afraid of; show no intimidation toward danger, difficulty, or opposition
- 濃縮ㄋㄨㄥˊ ㄙㄨㄛto concentrate a solution by evaporating solvent; to distill the essence of a work
- 敬畏ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄟˋawe; reverence mixed with fear; deep respect and dread