望而却步

wàng ér què bù

to flinch at the sight; to be put off

Character by character

望wàng
look

而ér
and

却què
draw back

步bù
step

这么高的房价让很多年轻人望而却步。

Prices this high put many young people off.

Tone: neutral.

Learn this in Lesson 28 · HSK 5–6: 房子与婚姻 (Housing and marriage)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.