timid and overcautious

timid and overcautious

Cautious, Chinese idiom, Pinyin for J ǐ nxi ǎ OSH è NW ē I, means too cautious, timid, dare not let go. It comes from Huainanzi · human training.

Idiom explanation

Careful: careful, careful; small, micro: small things.

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi · human training" says: "the sage respects the small and is careful, and moves without losing time."

Idiom usage

To be too careful. examples all his life was cautious and everything was in his place. After Zhuo Zhongyi's manuscript by Yun Jing in Qing Dynasty