熱鍋上的螞蟻 rè guō shang de mǎ yǐ

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

熱 rè hot; heat; fever; restless; zeal
鍋 guō cooking-pot, saucepan
上 shang
HSK 1
top; superior, highest; go up, send up
的 de
HSK 1
possessive, adjectival suffix
螞 mǎ ant; leech
蟻 yǐ ants