Taivo A Taiwan Mandarin dictionary

心猿意馬

xīnyuányìmǎ

ㄒㄧㄣ ㄩㄢˊ ㄧˋ ㄇㄚˇ

Simplified 心猿意马

  1. 1lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)
  2. 2to have ants in one's pants
  3. 3hyperactive
  4. 4adventurous and uncontrollable

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