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如坐针毡 | 如坐針氈
rú zuò zhēn zhān
  1. 1 lit. as if sitting on pins and needles
  2. 2 fig. to be in an uncomfortable situation
静坐不动 | 靜坐不動
jìng zuò bù dòng
  1. 1 to sit still and do nothing
  2. 2 to sit tight
坐失良机 | 坐失良機
zuò shī liáng jī
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
静坐不能 | 靜坐不能
jìng zuò bù néng
  1. 1 akathisia (condition of restlessness, a side-effect of neuroleptic antipsychotic drug)
  2. 2 unable to sit still
  3. 3 hyperactivity
  4. 4 restlessness
坐井观天 | 坐井觀天
zuò jǐng guān tiān
  1. 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
jìng zuò kàng yì
  1. 1 sit-in protest
坐失机宜 | 坐失機宜
zuò shī jī yí
  1. 1 to sit and waste a good opportunity (idiom); to lose the chance
坐而论道 | 坐而論道
zuò ér lùn dào
  1. 1 to sit and pontificate; to find answers through theory and not through practice (idiom)
坐降落伞 | 坐降落傘
zuò jiàng luò sǎn
  1. 1 to do a parachute jump
满坐寂然 | 滿坐寂然
mǎn zuò jì rán
  1. 1 the whole audience silent with expectation
稳坐钓鱼台 | 穩坐釣魚臺
wěn zuò diào yú tái
  1. 1 lit. sitting at ease in a fishing boat despite storms (idiom); to stay calm during tense situation
  2. 2 a cool head in a crisis
坐厕垫 | 坐廁墊
zuò cè diàn
  1. 1 toilet seat
静坐抗议示威 | 靜坐抗議示威
jìng zuò kàng yì shì wēi
  1. 1 sit-in protest demonstration
半跏坐
bàn jiā zuò
  1. 1 sitting with one leg crossed (usu. of Bodhisattva)
坐立不安
zuò lì bù ān
  1. 1 lit. agitated sitting or standing (idiom)
  2. 2 restless
  3. 3 fidgety
坐月子
zuò yuè zi
  1. 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
zuò biàn qì
  1. 1 pedestal type WC
坐班房
zuò bān fáng
  1. 1 to be in prison
正襟危坐
zhèng jīn wēi zuò
  1. 1 to sit upright and still (idiom)
坐吃享福
zuò chī xiǎng fú
  1. 1 vegetative existence
  2. 2 to consume passively without doing anything useful