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芒刺在背

feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom) / uneasy and nervous / to be on pins and needles

Characters and words in 芒刺在背

máng = m + ang2
awn (of cereals) / arista (of grain) / tip (of a blade) / Miscanthus sinensis (type of grass) / variant of 邙, Mt Mang at Luoyang in Henan
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= c + Ø1
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= c + Ø4
thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder
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zài = z + ai4
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
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bēi = b + ei1
bēi = b + ei1
to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder
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bèi = b + ei4
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing
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Words with 芒刺在背

芒刺在背 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 芒刺在背

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