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有色无胆

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4-character word Traditional 有色無膽

What 有色无胆 means

1. to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it
2. to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it
3. to be all talk and no action

The characters in 有色无胆

• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 色sècolor; look; appearance
• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 胆dǎngall bladder; courage; guts