Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope

    yī
    一
    zhāo
    朝
    bèi
    被
    shé
    蛇
    yǎo
    咬
    ，
    shí
    十
    nián
    年
    pà
    怕
    jǐng
    井
    shéng
    绳
    一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
    yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
    • once bitten, twice shy

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    朝
    cháo
    imperial or royal court / government / dynasty / reign of a sovereign or emperor / court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor / to make a pilgrimage to / facing / towards / abbr. for 朝鮮|朝鲜[Cháo xiǎn] Korea
    zhāo
    morning
    被
    bèi
    quilt / by / to meet with / (passive signifier) / (indicates passive-voice clauses) / (literary) to cover
    蛇
    shé
    snake / serpent / variant of 蛇[shé] / CL:條|条[tiáo]
    咬
    yǎo
    to bite / to nip / variant of 咬[yǎo]
    十
    shí
    ten / 10
    年
    nián
    grain / harvest (old) / year / variant of 年[nián] / surname Nian / CL:個|个[gè]
    怕
    pà
    to be afraid / to fear / to dread / to be unable to endure / perhaps / surname Pa
    井
    jǐng
    Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy / a well / neat / orderly / surname Jing / CL:口[kǒu]
    绳
    shéng
    rope / CL:根[gēn]
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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