弱不禁风 meaning in English
have so delicate a constitution [be so delicately built] as to be unable to stand a gust of wind; so weak as to be unable to stand any breeze; too frail to stand a gust of wind
Examples
- We were too weak to take a strike .
我们还弱不禁风,经不起一次罢工。 - She laid the fragile figure on the table at once .
她立即把弱不禁风的小人放到桌上。 - She was a little woman, frail, and even sickly looking .
她是一个娇小的女人,弱不禁风,甚至显出多愁多病的样子。 - She was frail and ancient and charming as she continued to look at him .
她继续望着他,一付弱不禁风的样子,很典雅,也很妩媚。 - She looked very vulnerable standing there on her own
她独自站在那里看上不弱不禁风。