汗流浃背 — Chinese idiom
汗流浃背
hàn liú jiā bèi
Traditional: 汗流浹背
Meaning
- to sweat profusely
- drenched in sweat
Character by character
- 汗hànperspiration, sweat
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
- 浃jiāto saturate, to drench; wet, damp
- 背bèiback, backside; to betray, to violate
Idioms sharing a character
- 捏一把汗 niē yī bǎ hàn
- 汗如雨下 hàn rú yǔ xià
- 汗牛充栋 hàn niú chōng dòng
- 付之东流 fù zhī dōng liú
- 口碑流传 kǒu bēi liú chuán
- 同流合污 tóng liú hé wū
- 对答如流 duì dá rú liú
- 屁滚尿流 pì gǔn niào liú
- 川流不息 chuān liú bù xī
- 从善如流 cóng shàn rú liú
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