心猿意馬 — xin1 yuan2 yi4 ma3 — Chinese Dictionary

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Definitions4 characters

xin¹ yuan² yi⁴ ma³

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

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Pronunciations

心

猿

意

馬

As word

1

xin¹

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

2

yuan²

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

3

yi⁴

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

4

ma³

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