提心吊胆
tí​xīn​diào​dǎn HSK7

on tenterhooks

  • created reference approved 提心吊胆/提心吊膽 → 提心吊胆/提心弔膽 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    提心吊胆 / 提心吊膽 tí​xīn​diào​dǎn

    提心吊胆 / 提心弔膽 tí​xīn​diào​dǎn

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 提心吊胆/提心吊膽 · tí​xīn​diào​dǎn · on tenterhooks — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    提心吊胆 / 提心吊膽

    tí​xīn​diào​dǎn

    on tenterhooks

    (idiom) to be very anxious and fearful; to be on edge; to be in a state of constant nervous worry or suspense

    提心弔膽

    提 (literal) → 提 · tí · to raise 心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · heart 吊 (literal) → 吊 · diào · to hang 胆 (literal) → 胆/膽 · dǎn · courage

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

    created sense