惴惴不安

zhuì zhuì bù ān

Dictionary entry

to be on tenterhooks (idiom)

What does 惴惴不安 mean?

惴惴不安 (zhuì zhuì bù ān) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to be on tenterhooks (idiom)

2to be anxious and frightened

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惴zhuìanxious · worried 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-安Ānsurname An

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惴惴不安

zhuì zhuì bù ān

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