談虎色變

Simplified: 谈虎色变

tánhǔsèbiàn ㄊㄢˊ ㄏㄨˇ ㄙㄜˋ ㄅㄧㄢˋ

    • to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)

      lit.

    • to be terrified at the thought (of it)

      fig.

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