十五个吊桶打水 shíwǔgediàotǒngdǎshuǐ to be agitated Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 十五个吊桶打水 十五個吊桶打水 shíwǔgediàotǒngdǎshuǐ to be agitated Literally "to fetch water with fifteen buckets"; used to describe feeling nervous or unsettled, with one's heart thumping up and down. Often followed by the second half of the expression, 七上八下 qīshàngbāxià. Frequency Written text 0.012 per million Cross-References Synonym 七上八下 qīshàngbāxià Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
十五个吊桶打水 十五個吊桶打水 shíwǔgediàotǒngdǎshuǐ to be agitated Literally "to fetch water with fifteen buckets"; used to describe feeling nervous or unsettled, with one's heart thumping up and down. Often followed by the second half of the expression, 七上八下 qīshàngbāxià. Frequency Written text 0.012 per million Cross-References Synonym 七上八下 qīshàngbāxià Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
