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望而却步 wàng ér què lit. to shrink back at the sight of (sth daunting) (idiom) / fig. to be deterred
临阵退缩 lín zhèn tuì suō to shrink back as the time for battle approaches (idiom) / to get cold feet
suō to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]
不避艰险 jiān xiǎn shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger / make light of difficulties and dangers
无恶不作 è zuò not to shrink from any crime (idiom); to commit any imaginable misdeed
缩水 suō shuǐ to shrink (in the wash) / fig. to shrink (of profits etc)
收缩 shōu suō to pull back / to shrink / to contract / (physiology) systole
退缩 tuì suō to shrink back; to cower
缩小 suō xiǎo to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
抽水 chōu shuǐ to pump water / (coll.) to shrink in the wash
有色无胆 yǒu dǎn to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it / to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it / to be all talk and no action
缩紧 suō jǐn to tighten / to contract / to shrink in
畏缩不前 wèi suō qián to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
缩成 suō chéng to shrink into
退却 tuì què to retreat / to shrink back
瑟缩 suō to curl up shivering (from cold) / timid and trembling (in fear) / to shrink / to cower
热缩管 suō guǎn heat shrink tubing (aka heatshrink) (shrinkable plastic tube used to insulate wires)
qūn to shrink back (from sth)
拉稀 (coll.) to have diarrhea / to shrink back / to cower
qiū crupper / leather strap / (dialect) to draw back / to shrink


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