縮頭烏龜

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Chinese

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to withdraw; to pull back; to contract
to withdraw; to pull back; to contract; to shrink; to reduce
 
head; (noun suffix) turtle; tortoise; Mauremys reevesii
trad. (縮頭烏龜) 烏龜
simp. (缩头乌龟) 乌龟
Literally: “turtle with its head in its shell”.

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Noun

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縮頭烏龜

  1. (figurative) cowardly person; coward; ostrich

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