nhát gan

Từ điển Việt Anh (Vietnamese English Dictionary)

	[nhát gan]
		chicken-hearted; chicken-livered; poor-spirited; lily-livered; yellow-bellied; afraid of one's own shadow; pusillanimous
			Nhát gan không dám bơi qua sông
			To be too chicken-hearted to swim across the river
		Kẻ nhát gan
			Yellow-belly; lily-liver; chickenheart; poltroon

Chicken-hearted, weak -hearted
Nhát gan không dám bơi qua sông To be too weak-hearted to swim across the river