- lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions
- overly fearful
Characters
- 杯 (杯): cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup
- 弓 (弓): surname Gong
- 蛇 (虵): variant of 蛇[she2]
- 影 (影): picture; image; film; movie; photograph; reflection; shadow; trace
Resources
- Wiktionary: 杯弓蛇影
- MDBG: 杯弓蛇影
- Examples with 杯弓蛇影 on Tatoeba
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