{"path":"/entry/91457","title":"芒刺在背 (máng cì zài bèi) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"芒刺在背 (máng cì zài bèi): feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":91457,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["芒刺在背"],"TRADITIONAL":["芒刺在背"]}},"phonetic":"máng cì zài bèi","phoneticKey":"mang2 ci4 zai4 bei4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"feeling brambles and thorns in one's back ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"uneasy and nervous","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to be on pins and needles","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","ADJECTIVE","VERB"],"frequency":44026,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Book of Han [circa 105].","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"宣帝始立，谒见高庙，大将军光从骖乘，上内严惮之，若有芒刺在背。","traditional":"宣帝始立，謁見高廟，大將軍光從驂乘，上内嚴憚之，若有芒刺在背。"},"phonetic":"Xuāndì shǐ lì, yèjiàn gāo miào, dàjiāngjūn Guāng cóng cān chéng, shàng nèi yán dàn zhī, ruò yǒu mángcìzàibèi.","english":"When Emperor Hsuan first came to the throne and went to pay his respects in the temple of Kao-tsu, the general in chief rode by his side in the carriage. As a result, the emperor felt great awe and fear in his heart; it was as though he had a sharp thorn sticking in his back.","ref":"The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}