坐立不安
zuò​lì​bù'ān

on tenterhooks

  • created sense approved 坐立不安 · zuò​lì​bù'ān · on tenterhooks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    坐立不安

    zuò​lì​bù'ān

    on tenterhooks

    restless and uneasy; describes a state of being extremely anxious or fidgety, literally meaning to be unable to sit or stand comfortably

    坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to stand 不安 (literal) → 不安 · bù'ān · uneasy

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

    created sense