谈虎色变
Traditional form:
談虎色變
Pinyin (reading):
tánhǔsèbiàn
Definitions:
- lit. to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)
- fig. to be terrified at the thought (of it)
Characters:
- 谈 - to talk, to chat; conversation; surname
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
- 色 - color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex
- 变 - to change, to transform, to alter; rebel
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