如坐针毡 / 如坐針氈

rú zuò zhēn zhān

Meaning

• literally as if sitting on pins and needles (idiom)
• figuratively to be in an uncomfortable situation

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Example sentences

• 我如坐针毡。

  我如坐鍼氈。

  wǒ rú zuò zhēn zhān。

  I felt like I was sitting on pins and needles.

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