Read Edit View history 提心吊胆 tíxīndiàodǎn HSK7 on tenterhooks Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tíxīndiàodǎn variant 提心弔膽 on tenterhooks (idiom) to be very anxious and fearful; to be on edge; to be in a state of constant nervous worry or suspense Frequency Movie subtitles 1.46 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.11 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
提心吊胆 提心吊膽 tíxīndiàodǎn variant 提心弔膽 on tenterhooks (idiom) to be very anxious and fearful; to be on edge; to be in a state of constant nervous worry or suspense Frequency Movie subtitles 1.46 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 2.11 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)