Be afraid of pain and itch
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p à t à NGP à y à ng, which means to be afraid of head and tail. It's from old age commandos.
The origin of Idioms
"His name is Wen Chengshu," Zhang Ying wrote in his senior commando. "Because he is afraid of pain and itching, and he does nothing, he is not angry, so we call him" Wen Tun Shui. "
Analysis of Idioms
Be afraid of three or four
Idiom usage
To be timid is to be timid
Be afraid of pain and itch
to please one 's parents by living with them - chéng huān xī xià
My head is burning and my forehead is rotten - tóu jiāo é làn
the moon is bright and stars are few - yuè míng xīng xī
fan the flames and add fuel to the flames - zòng fēng zhǐ liáo