闻风丧胆

wén fēng sàng dǎn

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Definitions

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

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Child Words of 闻风丧胆

to hear

gall bladder

wind

mourning

to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)

panic-stricken