extremely anxious; burning with impatience
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
extremely anxious; burning with impatience; in a great hurry
Describes a state of extreme urgency or anxiety. Also expressed as 心急如焚 or 心急如火.
Tīng听
shuō说
hái孩
zi子
bìng病
le了
，
tā她
xīn心
jí急
huǒ火
liǎo燎
de地
gǎn赶
dào到
yī医
yuàn院
。
Hearing that her child was sick, she rushed to the hospital in great anxiety.
Yǎn眼
kàn看
huì会
yì议
jiù就
yào要
kāi开
shǐ始
le了
，
tā他
què却
zhǎo找
bù不
dào到
wén文
jiàn件
，
jí急
de得
xīn心
jí急
huǒ火
liǎo燎
。
With the meeting about to start, he couldn't find the documents and was burning with impatience.
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Lǎo老
bǎn板
xīn心
jí急
huǒ火
liǎo燎
de地
cuī催
wǒ我
men们
kuài快
diǎn点
wán完
chéng成
xiàng项
mù目
。
The boss was urging us anxiously to finish the project quickly.