热锅上的蚂蚁 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

热 rè
HSK 1
hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
锅 guō
HSK 5
cooking-pot, saucepan
上 shang
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
的 de
HSK 1
possessive, adjectival suffix
蚂 mǎ
HSK 6
ant; leech
蚁 yǐ
HSK 6
ants