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杯弓蛇影
杯弓蛇影
Chinese
- {| style="clear: right;margin: 1em;border-collapse: collapse;text-align: center"
|- ! !cup; a measure word !a bow (weapon) !snake; serpent
!
picture; image; reflection; shadow
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!simp. and trad.
(杯弓蛇影)
| 杯
| 弓
| 蛇
| 影
|}
Idiom
杯弓蛇影
- a false alarm (self-created suspicion); atmosphere of fear and admonition