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热锅上的蚂蚁

rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ

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Definitions

  1. 1. (like) a cat on a hot tin roof
  2. 2. anxious
  3. 3. agitated

Child Words of 热锅上的蚂蚁

锅
guō

pot; pan; wok; cauldron

蚁
yǐ

ant

上
shàng

on top

蚂
mā

dragonfly

热
rè

to warm up

的
dì

(bound form) bull's-eye; target

的
dī

see 的士[dī shì]

蚂蚁
mǎ yǐ

ant

蚂
mǎ

ant

的
de

of; ~'s (possessive particle)

蚂
mà

grasshopper

的
dí

really and truly