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有色無膽

简有色无胆 · 繁有色無膽

Mandarin · pinyin yǒu sè wú dǎn

to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it
to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it
to be all talk and no action

Characters in this entry

有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
色: sè · color, tint, hue, shade; form, body; beauty, desire for beauty; Kangxi radical 139
無: Look up this written character
膽: Look up this written character
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
胆: dǎn · gall bladder; bravery, courage

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3–4–2–3 · you3 se4 wu2 dan3

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jau5 sik1 mou4 daam2

Cantonese word readings for 有色無膽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

jau5 sik1 mou4 daam2

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