| 惊弓之鸟 |
jīng gōng zhī niǎo |
lit. a bird startled by the mere twang of a bow (idiom) / fig. sb who frightens easily, due to past experiences |
| 惊 |
jīng |
to startle / to be frightened / to be scared / alarm |
| 弓 |
Gōng |
surname Gong |
| 弓 |
gōng |
a bow (weapon) / CL:张 / to bend / to arch (one's back etc) |
| 之 |
zhī |
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的) / him / her / it |
| 鸟 |
diǎo |
variant of 屌 / penis |
| 鸟 |
niǎo |
bird / CL:只,群 / "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196) / (dialect) to pay attention to / (intensifier) damned / goddamn |