# 畏缩 (wèisuō)

In Mandarin Chinese, 畏缩 (wèisuō) means “to cower; to flinch; to recoil”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to cower; to flinch; to recoil
- Pinyin: wèisuō (wei4 suo1)
- Traditional: 畏縮
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 面对困难，他从不畏缩。
  Miànduì kùnnan, tā cóngbù wèisuō.
  He never flinches in the face of difficulty.

## Characters

- 畏 (wèi): to fear
- [缩](https://hanziro.com/word/suo-shrink/) (suō): to shrink; to pull back

https://hanziro.com/word/wei-suo-cower/

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