Usage of the character 畏
wèi
畏
[畏]
- to fear
kěwèi
可畏
[可畏]
- dreadful
- formidable
wèiyǒu
畏友
[畏友]
- revered friend
wèiqiè
畏怯
[畏怯]
- timorous
- nervous
bùwèi
不畏
[不畏]
- unafraid
- to defy
shēngwèi
生畏
[生畏]
- to feel intimidated
wèijù
畏惧
[畏懼]
- to fear
- to dread
- foreboding
wèijì
畏忌
[畏忌]
- to be arrested by fear
- restraint
- scruple
wèizuì
畏罪
[畏罪]
- to dread punishment
- afraid of being arrested for a crime
jìngwèi
敬畏
[敬畏]
- to revere
wèisuō
畏缩
[畏縮]
- to cower; to flinch; to quail; to recoil
wèitú
畏途
[畏途]
- dangerous road
- (fig.) perilous or intimidating undertaking
wèinán
畏难
[畏難]
- to be daunted by challenges
dídíwèi
敌敌畏
[敵敵畏]
- (loanword) DDVP, aka dichlorvos (an organophosphate used as an insecticide)
dàwúwèi
大无畏
[大無畏]
- utterly fearless
bùwèiqiángquán
不畏强权
[不畏強權]
- not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
wèizuìqiántáo
畏罪潜逃
[畏罪潛逃]
- to flee to escape punishment
- to abscond from justice
shìwéiwèitú
视为畏途
[視為畏途]
- to view as dangerous (idiom); afraid to do sth
wèisuōbùqián
畏缩不前
[畏縮不前]
- to shrink back in fear (idiom); too cowardly to advance
wèishǒuwèiwěi
畏首畏尾
[畏首畏尾]
- afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous
- afraid of the slightest thing
wèizuìzìshā
畏罪自杀
[畏罪自殺]
- to commit suicide to escape punishment
rényánkěwèi
人言可畏
[人言可畏]
- gossip is a fearful thing (idiom)
wèiwèisuōsuō
畏畏缩缩
[畏畏縮縮]
- cowering
- cringing
bùwèiqiángbào
不畏强暴
[不畏強暴]
- not to submit to force (idiom); to defy threats and violence
hòushēngkěwèi
后生可畏
[後生可畏]
- the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom)
- the younger generations will surpass us in time
wàng'érshēngwèi
望而生畏
[望而生畏]
- intimidate at the first glance (idiom); awe-inspiring
- terrifying
- overwhelming
wúsuǒwèijì
无所畏忌
[無所畏忌]
- without any fear of consequences
- totally devoid of scruples
chūshēngzhīdúbùwèihǔ
初生之犊不畏虎
[初生之犢不畏虎]
- lit. a new-born calf has no fear of the tiger (idiom)
- fig. the fearlessness of youth