膽小鬼

胆小鬼
dǎnxiǎoguǐ
coward

CEDICT

coward

Wiktionary

罵人的話。指缺乏勇氣的人。

重編國語辭典

Examples

你们全都是胆小鬼

You're all cowards.

You're all chickenshits.

Source: Tatoeba

Entry Composition

1 膽小 dǎnxiǎo
  1. cowardice
  2. timid
2 鬼 guǐ
  1. disembodied spirit; ghost; devil
  2. (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc
  3. sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 詭 guǐ)
  4. one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy

Related entries

懦夫 nuòfū coward
懦夫難贏美女心。

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Source: Tatoeba

狗熊 gǒuxióng
  1. black bear
  2. coward
縮頭烏龜 suōtóuwūguī
  1. a turtle that pulls its head in
  2. (fig.) coward
  3. chicken
軟腳蝦 ruǎnjiǎoxiā
  1. weakling
  2. coward