诚惶诚恐 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 誠惶誠恐 chénghuángchéngkǒng ㄔㄥˊ ㄏㄨㄤˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄎㄨㄥˇ in fear and trepidation (idiom) in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility) Character by character 诚(chéng)sincere 惶(huáng)fear 诚(chéng)sincere 恐(kǒng)afraid A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0