惴惴不安 — Chinese idiom
惴惴不安
zhuì zhuì bù ān
Meaning
- to be on tenterhooks
- to be anxious and frightened
Character by character
- 惴zhuìnervous, apprehensive
- 惴zhuìnervous, apprehensive
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 安ānpeaceful, tranquil, quiet
Idioms sharing a character
- 一丁不识 yī dīng bù shí
- 一尘不染 yī chén bù rǎn
- 一字不差 yī zì bù chà
- 一字不提 yī zì bù tí
- 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
- 一文不值 yī wén bù zhí
- 一毛不拔 yī máo bù bá
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
- 一笔不苟 yī bǐ bù gǒu
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