聞風喪膽

hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news

surname Wen

to hear / news / well-known / famous / reputation / fame / to smell / to sniff at

wind / news / style / custom / manner / CL:陣|阵[zhen4],絲|丝[si1]

mourning / funeral / (old) corpse

to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged

panic-stricken / scared out of one's wits

gall bladder / courage / guts / gall / inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos)