有色无胆

有色无胆
yǒudǎn

to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it

3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings

MEANING

  1. adjective

    to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it

    • He's lustful but cowardly, lacking the courage to confess his feelings.

  2. adjective

    to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it

    • He has lust but no courage, and doesn't dare confess his feelings.

  3. adjective

    to be all talk and no action

    • He is all talk and no action, lacking the courage to confess his feelings.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.

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