very afraid
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ā NH ú NCH ū Qi à o, which means to describe being at a loss because of fear. It comes from Xiao He Cai Lu Jian Jiao.
The origin of Idioms
Liu Shaotang's "Xiao He Cai Lu Jian Jiao" 4: "Du Qiukui, who was scared out of his wits, slowly calmed down and rubbed his eyes as if he had just had a nightmare." Taoism says that people have three souls: one is Shuangling, the other is Taiyuan, and the third is Youjing.
very afraid
take earthworm as a bait to catch fish - yǐ yǐn tóu yú
The ambition of pine and cypress - sōng bǎi zhī zhì
have grandiose aims but puny abilities - yǎn gāo shǒu dī
human effort is the decisive factor - dào zài rén wéi
a woman of low birth may marry into the purple - fū guì qī róng