心猿意马
xīn​yuán​yì​mǎ

restless and indecisive

  • created reference approved 心猿意马/心猿意馬 → 意马心猿/意馬心猿 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心猿意马 / 心猿意馬 xīn​yuán​yì​mǎ

    意马心猿 / 意馬心猿 yì​mǎ​xīn​yuán

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  • created sense approved 心猿意马/心猿意馬 · xīn​yuán​yì​mǎ · restless and indecisive — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心猿意马 / 心猿意馬

    xīn​yuán​yì​mǎ

    restless and indecisive

    (idiom) restless and fickle; literally "heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a galloping horse", describing someone who is capricious, hyperactive, or unable to concentrate; also written [[意马心猿|意馬心猿|yi4 ma3 xin1 yuan2]]

    心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · mind 猿 (literal) → 猿 · yuán · ape 意 (literal) → 意 · yì · desire 马 (literal) → 马/馬 · mǎ · horse

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

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