跃跃欲试 — Chinese idiom
跃跃欲试
yuè yuè yù shì
Traditional: 躍躍欲試
Meaning
- to be eager to give sth a try
Character by character
- 跃yuèto skip, to jump, to frolic
- 跃yuèto skip, to jump, to frolic
- 欲yùdesire, want, longing, intent
- 试shìto try, to experiment; exam, test
Idioms sharing a character
- 喜跃抃舞 xǐ yuè biàn wǔ
- 欢呼雀跃 huān hū què yuè
- 跃然纸上 yuè rán zhǐ shàng
- 龙腾虎跃 lóng téng hǔ yuè
- 七情六欲 qī qíng liù yù
- 伤心欲绝 shāng xīn yù jué
- 利欲熏心 lì yù xūn xīn
- 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū
- 喷薄欲出 pēn bó yù chū
- 垂涎欲滴 chuí xián yù dī
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