a badly frightened person(jīng xián zhī niǎo)

a badly frightened person

Bird of fear, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī ngxi á nzh ī Ni ǎ o, which means that a person who has been frightened is very afraid when he encounters a little movement. It's the same as "bird of shock". It comes from the second year of Chenggong in the biography of Guliang.

The origin of Idioms

In the second year of Chenggong in the biography of Guliang, it is said that "the envoys of the Marquis of Qi state are like teachers" and Yang Shixun in the Tang Dynasty said: "a defeated general should not be brave. A bird in shock should not bow."

Idiom usage

But the Duke of Tang was still afraid to be bold. In Qing Dynasty, Chu people won the fifth chapter of the romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Analysis of Idioms

Bird in shock

Idiom story

Geng Ying, who was good at archery in the past, talked with the king of Wei about archery. It happened that a goose flew from east to west. Geng Ying drew a bow and shot. Unfortunately, when he shot an arrow, the goose landed. The king of Wei didn't understand and even said, "the wounded goose left the group and flew low. When he heard the bow string, he was so scared that he didn't know what to do. As soon as he tried hard, the wound broke and fell to the ground."

Chinese PinYin : jīng xián zhī niǎo