惴惴不安
zhuì​zhuì​bù'ān

on tenterhooks

  • created sense approved 惴惴不安 · zhuì​zhuì​bù'ān · on tenterhooks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    惴惴不安

    zhuì​zhuì​bù'ān

    on tenterhooks

    anxious and frightened; to be restless due to worry or fear

    惴惴 (reduplication) → 惴 · zhuì · anxious 不安 (literal) → 不安 · bù'ān · uneasy

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

    created sense