怯

timid / cowardly / rustic / Taiwan pr. [que4]

to go / to go to (a place) / (of a time etc) last / just passed / to send / to remove / to get rid of / to reduce / to be apart from in space or time / to die (euphemism) / to play (a part) / (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth / (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker) / (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Kangxi radical 61 (心) as a vertical side element

to have stage fright

timid / gutless / weakling

timid / weak

mean and cowardly / abject

person with country accent / rustic / country bumpkin

a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid (idiom); the general public may not recognize great talent

a great hero may appear timid (idiom); the really brave person remains level-headed

shy

shy

to speak in a frightened voice that lacks courage (idiom)

equanimity in the face of death / to face dangers with assurance