心急如焚
xīn​jí​rú​fén HSK7

burning with anxiety

  • created sense approved 心急如焚 · xīn​jí​rú​fén · burning with anxiety — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心急如焚

    xīn​jí​rú​fén

    burning with anxiety

    to be extremely anxious or impatient; literally "heart burning like fire"

    心急 (literal) → 心急 · xīn​jí · impatient 如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to be like 焚 (literal) → 焚 · fén · to burn

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

    created sense