惶惶 (huáng huáng) — anxious, agitated, restless
Definition
A bound literary/书面 form (reduplicated 惶) used in set phrases like 惶惶不安 and 人心惶惶 to mean deeply anxious and uneasy. It is more emphatic and written than the everyday 不安 alone.
bound form
anxiousagitatedrestless
Examples
- 惶惶，。Tā zuì jìn zǒng shì huáng huáng bù ān, hǎo xiàng yǒu shén me xīn shì.He has been restless lately, as if something is on his mind.
- 。Zhàn zhēng de xiāo xi ràng quán chéng bǎi xìng rén xīn huáng huáng.The news of war made the whole city's people anxious.
- ，惶惶。Miàn duì kǎo shì, tā gǎn dào huáng huáng bù kě zhōng rì.Facing the exam, he felt so anxious he couldn't get through the day.
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