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Definition(s) for: 热锅上的蚂蚁

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
热锅上的蚂蚁 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ - (like) a cat on a hot tin roof
- anxious
- agitated

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 63,193 69,017

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- to warm up
- to heat up
- hot (of weather)
- heat
- fervent
guō- pot; pan; wok; cauldron
- pot-shaped thing
- CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]
shǎng- used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1]
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
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[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one")
- also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
- a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士[di1shi4])
- really and truly
- (bound form) bull's-eye; target
- used in 螞螂|蚂螂[ma1lang2]
- used in 螞蟥|蚂蟥[ma3huang2]
- used in 螞蟻|蚂蚁[ma3yi3]
- used in 螞蚱|蚂蚱[ma4zha5]
- ant

Other Words Containing 热锅上的蚂蚁

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo