提心吊胆 tíxīndiàodǎn HSK7 on tenterhooks Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tíxīndiàodǎn 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 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tíxīndiàodǎn 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 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)