唯恐

唯恐
wéikǒng

for fear that

2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
Variant of 惟恐

MEANING

  1. 壹副adverb

    for fear that

    • 。

      He feared he would be late.

  2. 貳副adverb

    lest

STROKE ORDER
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解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS
唯
  • 口(mouth; opening)RADICAL
  • 隹(short-tailed bird; bird with short tail)PHONETIC

A mouth uttering the sound of assent sounds like a bird chirping in response.

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