Search ChinesePod Dictionary
如坐针毡 | 如坐針氈
- 1 lit. as if sitting on pins and needles
- 2 fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation
静坐不动 | 靜坐不動
- 1 to sit still and do nothing
- 2 to sit tight
坐失良机 | 坐失良機
- 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
静坐不能 | 靜坐不能
- 1 akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug)
- 2 unable to sit still
- 3 hyperactivity
- 4 restlessness
坐井观天 | 坐井觀天
- 1 lit. to view the sky from the bottom of a well (idiom); ignorant and narrow-minded
静坐抗议 | 靜坐抗議
- 1 sit-in protest
坐失机宜 | 坐失機宜
- 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
坐而论道 | 坐而論道
- 1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)
坐降落伞 | 坐降落傘
- 1 to do a parachute jump
满坐寂然 | 滿坐寂然
- 1 the whole audience silent with expectation
稳坐钓鱼台 | 穩坐釣魚臺
- 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
- 2 a cool head in a crisis
坐厕垫 | 坐廁墊
- 1 toilet seat
静坐抗议示威 | 靜坐抗議示威
- 1 sit-in protest demonstration
半跏坐
- 1 sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
坐立不安
- 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
- 2 restless
- 3 fidgety
坐月子
- 1 to convalesce for a month following childbirth, following a special diet, and observing various taboos to protect the body from exposure to the "wind"
坐便器
- 1 pedestal type WC
坐班房
- 1 to be in prison
正襟危坐
- 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
坐吃享福
- 1 vegetative existence
- 2 to consume passively without doing anything useful