熱鍋上的螞蟻

Chinese

		heat; to heat up; fervent heat; to heat up; fervent; hot (of weather); warm up	pot; pan; boiler	up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up	really and truly; aim; clear really and truly; aim; clear; (possessive, modifying, or descriptive particle); of	ant
trad. (熱鍋上的螞蟻)		熱	鍋	上	的	螞蟻
simp. (热锅上的蚂蚁)		热	锅	上	的	蚂蚁
Literally: “ants on a hot pot”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): règuō shàng de máyǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄇㄚˊ ㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: règuō shàng de máyǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄜˋ ㄍㄨㄛ ㄕㄤˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄇㄚˊ ㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: règuo shàng de̊ máyǐ
    • Wade–Giles: jê⁴-kuo¹ shang⁴ tê⁵ ma²-i³
    • Yale: rè-gwō shàng de má-yǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: rehguo shanq .de mayii
    • Palladius: жэго шан дэ маи (žɛgo šan dɛ mai)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐɤ⁵¹ ku̯ɔ⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹ d̥ə¹ mä³⁵ i²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

熱鍋上的螞蟻

1. (figurative, idiomatic) a nervous, jumpy state, like a cat on a hot tin roof