十五个吊桶打水,七上八下 十五個吊桶打水,七上八下 十五個吊桶打水,七上八下

fifteen buckets drawing water: seven going up, eight going down

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Widely known

Meaning
Uneasy, anxious and unsettled in mind. Used of nervous waiting.
Simplified
十五个吊桶打水,七上八下
Traditional (Taiwan)
十五個吊桶打水,七上八下
Pinyin
shíwǔ gè diàotǒng dǎ shuǐ, qīshàngbāxià
Bopomofo
ㄕˊ ㄨˇ ㄍㄜˋ ㄉㄧㄠˋ ㄊㄨㄥˇ ㄉㄚˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ,ㄑㄧ ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄚ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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