只怕 zhīpà
zhīpà
phrase
I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe; very likely
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '只怕')
Contained in
- 天下无难事，只怕有心人(天下無難事，只怕有心人) nothing is difficult on this earth, if your mind is set
- 不怕不识货，只怕货比货(不怕不識貨，只怕貨比貨) don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them
- 世上无难事，只怕有心人(世上無難事，只怕有心人) there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish; persistence will overcome
- 不怕官，只怕管 it is not an official to be feared, but a person in direct control over sb
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第二回 Chapter 57 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9
- 第二回 Chapter 89 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 6
- 第二回 Chapter 52 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 72 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 76 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第六十二回 Chapter 62 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 115 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 119 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 5
- 第二回 Chapter 51 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 4
Collocations
- 只怕管 (只怕管) 只怕管 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 4
- 只怕还有 (只怕還有) 只怕還有做幾年的夢 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第二回 Chapter 2 — count: 2
- 只怕曹操 (只怕曹操) 只怕曹操引兵下遼東 — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義, 第三十三回 Chapter 33 — count: 2
- 只怕误 (只怕誤) 只怕誤了日期 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十五回 Chapter 55 — count: 2
- 只怕叔叔 (只怕叔叔) 只怕叔叔口頭不似心頭 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十四回 Chapter 24 — count: 2
- 只怕中 (只怕中) 高廉只怕中了計 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十二回 Chapter 52 — count: 2
- 只怕要 (只怕要) 只怕要來村裏緝捕恩人 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第四回 Chapter 4 — count: 2
- 只怕比 (只怕比) 只怕比進士享名多著哩 — The Scholars 儒林外史, 第十七回 Chapter 17 — count: 2
- 只怕提辖 (只怕提轄) 只怕提轄不來賒 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第三回 Chapter 3 — count: 2
- 只怕走 (只怕走) 只怕走了消息 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十八回 Chapter 18 — count: 2