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be unable to sit down or sleep at ease; be in fidgets; be on hot coals

zuò wò bù ān

坐 卧 不 安

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be unable to sit down or sleep at ease; be in fidgets; be on hot coals
- jí zhuǎn zhí xià de zhàn jú shǐ hěn duō jūn guān zuò wò bù ān
  急转直下的战局使很多军官坐卧不安。
  The military situation rapidly deteriorating, many important officials were becoming very fidgety.
synonym
zuò lì bù ān坐立不安 zhuì zhuì bù ān惴惴不安 rú zuò zhēn zhān如坐针毡 zuò wò bù níng坐卧不宁
antonym
xīn ān lǐ dé心安理得

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