坐不安席
zuò​bù'ān​xí

to be on tenterhooks

  • created sense approved 坐不安席 · zuò​bù'ān​xí · to be on tenterhooks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐不安席

    zuò​bù'ān​xí

    to be on tenterhooks

    to feel restless and uneasy, as if one cannot sit still; describes a state of extreme anxiety or agitation

    坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 不安 (literal) → 不安 · bù'ān · uneasy 席 (literal) → 席 · xí · seat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense