| 热锅上的蚂蚁 |
rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ |
(like) a cat on a hot tin roof / anxious / agitated |
| 热 |
rè |
to warm up / to heat up / hot (of weather) / heat / fervent |
| 锅 |
guō |
pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口,只 |
| 上 |
shǎng |
used in 上声 |
| 上 |
shàng |
(bound form) up; upper; above; previous / first (of multiple parts) / to climb; to get onto; to go up / to attend (class or university) / (directional complement) up / (noun suffix) on; above |
| 的 |
de |
of; ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs |
| 的 |
dī |
(bound form) a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士) |
| 的 |
dí |
really and truly |
| 的 |
dì |
(bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 蚂 |
mā |
used in 蚂螂 |
| 蚂 |
mǎ |
used in 蚂蟥 / used in 蚂蚁 |
| 蚂 |
mà |
used in 蚂蚱 |
| 蚂蚁 |
mǎ yǐ |
ant |
| 蚁 |
yǐ |
ant |