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be anxious but unable to do anything; be in impotent anxiety

gān zháo jí

干 着 急

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v.be anxious but unable to do anything; be in impotent anxiety
- zhè jiàn shì tā zhǐ néng gān zháo jí
  这件事她只能干着急。
  She had to stand by helplessly.
- gòu bù dào nà shù zhī zhǐ néng gān zháo jí
  够不到那树枝，只能干着急。
  The branch was tantalizingly out of reach.
- nǐ gān zháo jí yǒu shén me yòng
  你干着急有什么用？
  What's the use of just worrying and doing nothing about it?

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