十五個吊桶打水
shí​wǔ​ge​diào​tǒng​dǎ​shuǐ

to be agitated

  • created reference approved 十五个吊桶打水/十五個吊桶打水 → 七上八下 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十五个吊桶打水 / 十五個吊桶打水 shí​wǔ​ge​diào​tǒng​dǎ​shuǐ

    七上八下 qī​shàng​bā​xià

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  • created sense approved 十五个吊桶打水/十五個吊桶打水 · shí​wǔ​ge​diào​tǒng​dǎ​shuǐ · to be agitated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十五个吊桶打水 / 十五個吊桶打水

    shí​wǔ​ge​diào​tǒng​dǎ​shuǐ

    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|七上八下|qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4]].

    shí​wǔ​gè​diào​tǒng​dǎ​shuǐ

    十五 (literal) → 十五 · shí​wǔ · fifteen 个 (literal) → 个/個 · ge · [measure] 吊桶 (literal) → 吊桶 · diào​tǒng · well bucket 打水 (literal) → 打水 · dǎ​shuǐ · to draw water

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