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畏惧

wèi jù

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 畏懼

畏惧 (wèi jù) means "to fear; to dread; foreboding". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 畏惧 means

1. to fear
2. to dread
3. foreboding

The characters in 畏惧

• 畏wèito fear
• 惧jùto fear

Example sentences

• 我无所畏惧。
  I'm fearless.
• 汤姆无所畏惧。
  Tom's fearless.
• 她并不畏惧他。
  She wasn't intimidated by him.
• 我们不畏惧任何困难。
  Wǒmen bù wèijù rènhé kùnnan.
  We're not afraid of any difficulties.
• 天使畏惧处, 愚人敢闯入。
  Tiānshǐ wèijù chǔ, yúrén gǎn chuǎngrù.
  Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
• 孤独的人会孤独，是因为他畏惧他人。
  Gūdú de rén huì gūdú, shì yīnwèi tā wèijù tārén.
  Lonely people tend to be afraid of meeting others, which ensures they will always be lonely.

Where 畏惧 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · wèi–wén (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wèi jù correctly.
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