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不寒而栗

bù hán ér lì

4-character word Traditional 不寒而慄

What 不寒而栗 means

1. lit. not cold, yet shivering (idiom)
2. fig. to tremble with fear
3. to be terrified

The characters in 不寒而栗

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 寒háncold; poor; to tremble
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 栗lì(literary) cold; chilly; (bound form) to tremble with fear

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