抱 頭 鼠 竄 bào tóu shǔ cuàn : cover the head and sneak away like a rat; scurry off like a frightened rat

怖 bù : terror; terrified; afraid; frightened

Big5: , Unicode: 6016 (怖),
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恫 dòng : frighten

Big5: , Unicode: 606b (恫),
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猲 hè : frightened; terrified

Big5: , Unicode: 7332 (猲),
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觳 hú : (measure); frightened

Big5: , Unicode: 89f3 (觳),
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惶 huáng : frightened

Big5: , Unicode: 60f6 (惶),
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驚 [惊] jīng : to start; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm

Big5: , Unicode: 9a5a (驚),
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驚 駭 jīng hài : fright

可 怕 kě pà : awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly

恐 kǒng : afraid; frightened; to fear

Big5: , Unicode: 6050 (恐),
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殺 雞 給 猴 看 shā jī gěi hóu kàn : "kill a chicken in front of a monkey" -- make an example out of someone (by punishing them) to frighten others

懾 [慑] shè : afraid; be feared; to fear; to frighten; to intimidate

Big5: , Unicode: 61fe (懾),
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使 駭 怕 shǐ hài pà : frighten

悚 sǒng : frightened

Big5: , Unicode: 609a (悚),
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譆 xī : oh (denoting fright)

Big5: , Unicode: 8b46 (譆),
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嚇 [吓] xià : to frighten; to scare; to intimidate; to threaten

Big5: , Unicode: 5687 (嚇),
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讋 «詟» zhé : be frightened

Big5: , Unicode: 8b8b (讋),
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