tremble with fear on hearing of(wén fēng sàng dǎn)

tremble with fear on hearing of

The Chinese idiom, w é NF à ngs à NGD à n in pinyin, means to lose courage when hearing the wind; it describes to be very afraid of some power. It comes from Zhang Zhongwu's system of appeasing Uighur envoys in the East.

Notes on Idioms

To be scared: to be scared out of courage. It means to lose one's breath. It means to be afraid.

The origin of Idioms

In Tang Dynasty, Li Deyu gave Zhang Zhongwu the system of appeasing Uighur envoys in the East: "therefore, he was able to guess from the shadow, and had already explored the skill of captivity; he was not only able to break his courage by hearing the wind, but also to strengthen his heart of loyalty."

Idiom usage

It is a series of actions; it is a predicate; it has a derogatory meaning; it refers to extreme fear. example the enemy was terrified by the beating, and many corpses were abandoned. Wei Wei's the East, Part 5, Chapter 1

Chinese PinYin : wén fēng sàng dǎn