畏惧
wèi jù
Pinyin

Definition

畏惧
 - 
wèi jù
  1. to fear
  2. to dread
  3. foreboding

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

畏
wèi
  1. 1 to fear
畏惧
wèi jù
  1. 1 to fear
  2. 2 to dread
  3. 3 foreboding
人言可畏
rén yán kě wèi
  1. 1 gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
大无畏
dà wú wèi
  1. 1 utterly fearless
敬畏
jìng wèi
  1. 1 to revere
敌敌畏
dí dí wèi
  1. 1 dichlorvos C4H7Cl2PÒ, organic phosphate used as insecticide (loanword)
  2. 2 also called dimethyl dichloro-vinyl phosphate DDVP
畏缩
wèi suō
  1. 1 to cower
  2. 2 to flinch
  3. 3 to quail
  4. 4 to recoil
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
  1. 1 afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
  2. 2 afraid of the slightest thing
可畏
kě wèi
  1. 1 dreadful
  2. 2 formidable
后生可畏
hòu shēng kě wèi
  1. 1 the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)
  2. 2 the younger generations will surpass us in time
望而生畏
wàng ér shēng wèi
  1. 1 intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring
  2. 2 terrifying
  3. 3 overwhelming
生畏
shēng wèi
  1. 1 to feel intimidated
畏缩不前
wèi suō bù qián
  1. 1 to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
畏罪
wèi zuì
  1. 1 to dread punishment
  2. 2 afraid of being arrested for a crime
畏途
wèi tú
  1. 1 dangerous road
  2. 2 (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking

Idioms (9)

不畏强暴
bù wèi qiáng bào
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
不畏强权
bù wèi qiáng quán
  1. 1 not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
人言可畏
rén yán kě wèi
  1. 1 gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
初生之犊不畏虎
chū shēng zhī dú bù wèi hǔ
  1. 1 lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the fearlessness of youth
后生可畏
hòu shēng kě wèi
  1. 1 the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)
  2. 2 the younger generations will surpass us in time
望而生畏
wàng ér shēng wèi
  1. 1 intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring
  2. 2 terrifying
  3. 3 overwhelming
畏缩不前
wèi suō bù qián
  1. 1 to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
畏首畏尾
wèi shǒu wèi wěi
  1. 1 afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
  2. 2 afraid of the slightest thing
视为畏途
shì wéi wèi tú
  1. 1 to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth

Sample Sentences

也是，如今社会发展快，诱惑也越来越多，男人出轨的成本也太低了，连婚姻法都几乎都是保护男方权益的。所以他们对于离婚毫无畏惧。
yě shì ，rújīn shèhuì fāzhǎn kuài ，yòuhuò yě yuèláiyuèduō ，nánrén chūguǐ de chéngběn yě tài dī le ，lián hūnyīn fǎ dōu jīhū dōu shì bǎohù nán fāng quányì de 。suǒyǐ tāmen duìyú líhūn háowú wèiju 。
I guess that's true. Now as society is developing so fast, there are also more and more temptations and the costs for men cheating really are so low. Even the marriage law is more geared towards protecting the rights of men. So they have no fear of divorce at all.
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