意马心猿
yì​mǎ​xīn​yuán

to be restless and indecisive

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

    意马心猿 / 意馬心猿 yì​mǎ​xīn​yuán

    心猿意马 / 心猿意馬 xīn​yuán​yì​mǎ

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

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

    意马心猿 / 意馬心猿

    yì​mǎ​xīn​yuán

    to be restless and indecisive

    to have a mind like a horse or a monkey; used to describe someone who is indecisive, wavering, or unable to control their straying thoughts; same as [[心猿意马|心猿意馬|xin1 yuan2 yi4 ma3]]

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

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

    created sense