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- timid
- to be afraid of getting involved
- to be afraid of getting into trouble
- awful
- dreadful
- fearful
- formidable
- frightful
- scary
- hideous
- horrible
- terrible
- terribly
- an expert always produces the best work (idiom)
Trad. 鬼怕惡人
- lit. ghosts are afraid of evil too
- an evil person fears someone even more evil (idiom)
Trad. 貪生怕死
- greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly
- clinging abjectly to life
- only interested in saving one's neck
Trad. 擔驚受怕
- (idiom) apprehensive; alarmed; anxious
Trad. 好飯不怕晚
- the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten
- the good things in life are worth waiting for
- fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom)
- fearless
Trad. 腳正不怕鞋歪
- lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe
- an upright man is not afraid of gossip (idiom)
Trad. 真金不怕火煉
- True gold fears no fire. (idiom)
Trad. 前怕狼後怕虎
- lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
- fig. to be full of needless fears
- reds under the beds
Trad. 真金不怕火來燒
- see 真金不怕火煉|真金不怕火炼[zhen1 jin1 bu4 pa4 huo3 lian4]
Trad. 死豬不怕開水燙
- lit. a dead pig doesn't fear scalding water (saying)
- fig. a person who has nothing more to lose will go to any lengths, regardless of the consequences
Trad. 人怕出名豬怕壯
- lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)
- fig. fame has its price
Trad. 人怕出名豬怕肥
- lit. people fear getting famous like pigs fear fattening up (for the slaughter)
- fig. fame has its price
- lit. it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb (proverb)
- fig. to be obliged to comply with people in authority
- it's better to make slow progress than no progress at all (proverb)
- fragrant wine fears no dark alley (idiom)
- quality goods need no advertising
- lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying)
- fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
Trad. 初生之犢不怕虎
- see 初生之犢不畏虎|初生之犊不畏虎[chu1 sheng1 zhi1 du2 bu4 wei4 hu3]
Trad. 初生牛犢不怕虎
- lit. newborn calves do not fear tigers (idiom)
- fig. the young are fearless
Trad. 光腳的不怕穿鞋的
- lit. the barefooted people are not afraid of those who wear shoes (idiom)
- fig. the poor, who have nothing to lose, do not fear those in power
Trad. 不怕一萬，就怕萬一
- better to be safe than sorry (proverb)
- to be prepared just in case
Trad. 不怕賊偷就怕賊惦記
- much worse than having something stolen is when a thief has you in his sights (idiom)