提心吊胆 — Chinese idiom
提心吊胆
tí xīn diào dǎn
Traditional: 提心吊膽
Meaning
- nervous; fearful; on edge
Character by character
- 提títo hold in the hand; to lift, to raise
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 吊diàoto condole, to mourn, to pity; to hang
- 胆dǎngallbladder; gall, guts, courage
Idioms sharing a character
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 提神醒脑 tí shén xǐng nǎo
- 提纲挈领 tí gāng qiè lǐng
- 相提并论 xiāng tí bìng lùn
- 绝口不提 jué kǒu bù tí
- 耳提面命 ěr tí miàn mìng
- 只字不提 zhī zì bù tí
- 一心一德 yī xīn yī dé
- 一心二用 yī xīn èr yòng
- 一门心思 yī mén xīn si
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