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Offering free Chinese study resources is our priority. This series showcases idioms and proverbs, widely applicable phrases. Today’s idiom is 「蹀躞不下」, explained here.

Let’s dive into the idiom 「蹀躞不下」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

It means feeling uneasy and unable to feel at ease.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

dié xiè bù xià

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

dip6 sip3 bat1 ha6

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