有色無膽

jau5 sik1 mou4 daam2

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

2 Written Forms

Meanings

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

Written Forms

有色無膽Traditional · Main Form
有色无胆Alternate Form

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