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字词 龙怕揭鳞, 虎怕抽筋。
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龙怕揭鳞, 虎怕抽筋。

Lóng pà jiē lín; hǔ pà chōujīn.

龍怕揭鱗, 虎怕抽筋。

Lit Dragons are [most] afraid of [their] scales being scraped off [and] tigers are [most] afraid of pulling a tendon.

Fig Everyone has a weakness which (s)he fears will be exposed; everyone has an “Achilles' heel.”

Note [Rhyme; cf. Fēngshén Yǎnyì, chap. 13.]

Topics EXPOSURE FEAR Fēngshén Yǎnyì rhyme WEAKNESS

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