诚惶诚恐
Traditional form:
誠惶誠恐
Pinyin (reading):
chénghuángchéngkǒng
Definitions:
- in fear and trepidation (idiom); in reverence before your majesty (court formula of humility)
Characters:
- 诚 - honest, sincere, true; actually, really
- 惶 - anxious, nervous, uneasy
- 诚 - honest, sincere, true; actually, really
- 恐 - fearful, apprehensive; to fear, to dread
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