芒刺在背
máng cì zài bèi
Pinyin
Definition
芒刺在背
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- feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
- uneasy and nervous
- to be on pins and needles
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (located) at
- 2 (to be) in
- 3 to exist
- 4 in the middle of doing sth
- 5 (indicating an action in progress)
- 1 now
- 2 at present
- 3 at the moment
- 4 modern
- 5 current
- 6 nowadays
- 1 rays of light
- 2 brilliant rays
- 3 radiance
- 1 (onom.) whoosh
- 1 to provoke
- 2 to irritate
- 3 to upset
- 4 to stimulate
- 5 to excite
- 6 irritant
Idioms (20)
一年之计在于春
- 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
- 2 early planning is the key to success
一日之计在于晨
- 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
- 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不要在一棵树上吊死
- 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
- 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
事在人为
- 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
- 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.