提心吊胆
tí​xīn​diào​dǎn HSK7

on tenterhooks

提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tí​xīn​diào​dǎn
variant 提心弔膽
on tenterhooks
(idiom) to be very anxious and fearful; to be on edge; to be in a state of constant nervous worry or suspense

Frequency
Movie subtitles
1.46 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
2.11 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Same as

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)