畏 wèi
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 田 — field, farm, arable land
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
畏缩
wèisuō
to shrink back; to flinch
Characters in this word
缩 suō
- Strokes
- 14
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 宿 to stop, to rest, to lodge
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 面对既得利益集团的阻力，改革者若一开始就畏缩，政策很难触及深层矛盾。 Miànduì jìdé lìyì jítuán de zǔlì, gǎigézhě ruò yì kāishǐ jiù wèisuō, zhèngcè hěn nán chùjí shēncéng máodùn. Faced with resistance from vested interest groups, if reformers shrink back from the start, policy will struggle to reach deeper contradictions.
- 事情还没开始，你就畏缩不前，怎么达成目标？ Shìqing hái méi kāishǐ, nǐ jiù wèisuō bù qián, zěnme dáchéng mùbiāo? The work hasn't even started yet and you're already shrinking back — how will you reach the goal?
- 小狗第一次见到大海，吓得畏缩在主人脚边。 Xiǎogǒu dì yī cì jiàn dào dàhǎi, xià de wèisuō zài zhǔrén jiǎo biān. Seeing the sea for the first time, the puppy was scared and cowered at its owner's feet.
Related words
- 敬畏 jìngwèi to revere; to stand in awe of
- 畏惧 wèijù to fear; to dread
- 缩短 suōduǎn to shorten
- 缩小 suōxiǎo to make smaller; to become smaller
- 压缩 yāsuō to compress
- 节衣缩食 jiéyīsuōshí to live frugally; to economise on food and clothing
- 紧缩 jǐnsuō to tighten; to contract; austerity
- 浓缩 nóngsuō to condense; to concentrate
- 伸缩 shēnsuō to stretch and contract; flexible; telescopic
- 收缩 shōusuō to shrink; to contract; to pull back
- 缩 suō to shrink; to contract; to draw back
- 缩减 suōjiǎn to reduce; to cut back