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前怕狼后怕虎

qián pà láng hòu pà hǔ

6-character word Traditional 前怕狼後怕虎

What 前怕狼后怕虎 means

1. lit. to fear the wolf in front and the tiger behind (idiom)
2. fig. to be full of needless fears
3. reds under the beds

The characters in 前怕狼后怕虎

• 前qiánfront; forward; ahead
• 怕pàto be afraid; to fear; to dread
• 狼lángwolf
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 怕pàto be afraid; to fear; to dread
• 虎hǔtiger

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