惴惴
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Chinese[edit]
| anxious; worried | anxious; worried | ||
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| simp. and trad. (惴惴) |
惴 | 惴 | |
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
惴惴
- (literary, ideophonic) apprehensive and cautious; anxious and frightened
- 臨其穴，惴惴其慄。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Lín qí xué, zhuìzhuì qí lì. [Pinyin]
- When he came to the grave,
He looked terrified and trembled.
临其穴，惴惴其栗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- 惴惴小心，如臨于谷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhuìzhuì xiǎoxīn, rú lín yú gǔ. [Pinyin]
- We must be anxious and careful,
As if we were on the brink of a valley.
惴惴小心，如临于谷。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]- 縵者，窖者，密者。小恐惴惴，大恐縵縵。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
- Màn zhě, jiào zhě, mì zhě. Xiǎokǒng zhuìzhuì, dàkǒng mànmàn. [Pinyin]
- There are hesitancies; deep difficulties; reservations; small apprehensions causing restless distress, and great apprehensions producing endless fears.
缦者，窖者，密者。小恐惴惴，大恐缦缦。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]