如坐针毡
rú​zuò​zhēn​zhān

on pins and needles

  • created reference approved 如坐针毡/如坐針氈 → 针毡/針氈 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如坐针毡 / 如坐針氈 rú​zuò​zhēn​zhān

    针毡 / 針氈 zhēn​zhān

    see

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  • created sense approved 如坐针毡/如坐針氈 · rú​zuò​zhēn​zhān · on pins and needles — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如坐针毡 / 如坐針氈

    rú​zuò​zhēn​zhān

    on pins and needles

    to be in an uncomfortable situation or extremely anxious, as if sitting on a rug full of needles

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 坐 (literal) → 坐 · zuò · to sit 针毡 (literal) → 针毡/針氈 · zhēn​zhān · on pins and needles

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

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