觳觫
Chinese
| (measure); frightened | tremble with fear | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (觳觫) | 觳 | 觫 | |
| simp. #(觳觫) | 觳 | 觫 | |
Pronunciation
Verb
觳觫
- (literary) to tremble in fear
- 吾不忍其觳觫。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Wú bùrěn qí húsù. [Pinyin]
- I cannot bear its frightened appearance.
- 犧牲上場，如果顯得慷慨，他們就看了悲壯劇；如果顯得觳觫，他們就看了滑稽劇。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1923, Lu Xun, What happens to Nora after she leaves? (《娜拉走後怎樣》)
- Xīshēng shàngchǎng, rúguǒ xiǎndé kāngkǎi, tāmen jiù kàn le bēizhuàng jù; rúguǒ xiǎndé húsù, tāmen jiù kàn le huájī jù. [Pinyin]
- Enter the martyr. If they conduct themselves with heroic passion, for the mere watchers that's just a stirring tragic show. If the hero trembles in fear, then the show becomes rather amusing.
牺牲上场，如果显得慷慨，他们就看了悲壮剧；如果显得觳觫，他们就看了滑稽剧。 [MSC, simp.]
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 觳 | 觫 |
| こく Hyōgaiji |
そく Hyōgaiji |
| on’yomi | |
Etymology
From Literary Chinese. From 孟子/梁惠王上.[1]
Adjective
觳觫 • (kokusoku) †-tari (adnominal 觳觫とした (kokusoku to shita) or 觳觫たる (kokusoku taru), adverbial 觳觫と (kokusoku to) or 觳觫として (kokusoku to shite))
- fearing for one's life
References
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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