有色无胆 in English you3 se4 wu2 dan3 Meaning

Meanings

  • to be perverse and suggestive towards the opposite sex, but shrinking back when provoked to act on it
  • to have perverted thoughts but no guts to actually do it
  • to be all talk and no action

Simplified Characters

有 色 无 胆

Traditional Characters

有 色 無 膽

Pinyin

you3 se4 wu2 dan3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

有you3to have 色se4color 无wu2not to have 胆dan3gall bladder