后怕 - lingering fear/fear after the event/post-traumatic stress - hòu pà | Definition

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳

yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng

1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳

yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友

bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu

1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)

世上无难事，只怕有心人

shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén

1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
2 persistence will overcome

事怕行家

shì pà háng jiā

1 an expert always produces the best work (idiom)

光脚的不怕穿鞋的

guāng jiǎo de bù pà chuān xié de

1 lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
2 fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power

初生牛犊不怕虎

chū shēng niú dú bù pà hǔ

1 lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
2 fig. the young are fearless

前怕狼后怕虎

qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ

1 lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
2 fig. to be full of needless fears
3 reds under the beds

天下无难事，只怕有心人

tiān xià wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén

1 lit. nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set (idiom)

天不怕地不怕

tiān bù pà dì bù pà

1 fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom)
2 fearless

死猪不怕开水烫

sǐ zhū bù pà kāi shuǐ tàng

1 lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (idiom)
2 fig. to be unaffected (by sth)
3 undaunted

留得青山在，不怕没柴烧

liú de qīng shān zài , bù pà méi chái shāo

1 While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.

真金不怕火炼

zhēn jīn bù pà huǒ liàn

1 True gold fears no fire. (idiom)

脚正不怕鞋歪

jiǎo zhèng bù pà xié wāi

1 lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe
2 an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)

贪生怕死

tān shēng pà sǐ

1 greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
2 clinging abjectly to life
3 only interested in saving one's neck

酒香不怕巷子深

jiǔ xiāng bù pà xiàng zi shēn

1 fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)
2 quality goods need no advertising

鬼怕恶人

guǐ pà è rén

1 lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too
2 an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)

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