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Trad. 敵敵畏
- (loanword) DDVP, aka dichlorvos (an organophosphate used as an insecticide)
Trad. 後生可畏
- the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)
- the younger generations will surpass us in time
Trad. 視為畏途
- to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth
Trad. 不畏強暴
- not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
Trad. 不畏強權
- not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
Trad. 畏縮不前
- to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
Trad. 畏罪潛逃
- to flee to escape punishment
- to abscond from justice
Trad. 畏罪自殺
- to commit suicide to escape punishment
- afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
- afraid of the slightest thing
Trad. 無所畏忌
- without any fear of consequences
- totally devoid of scruples
Trad. 初生之犢不畏虎
- lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
- fig. the fearlessness of youth
