📖 Meaning
Describes an anxious and impatient state of mind, conveying a sense of pressing urgency and restlessness. It portrays someone who is eager and flustered, unable to settle down due to intense emotional anticipation or worry.
📜 Origin Story
The phrase originates from the Yuan dynasty playwright Di Junhou's work 'Jie Zi Tui' (介子推), in the fourth act. It describes how someone anxiously and urgently carries their lord on their back, wearily trudging through the dusty world. The idiom captures the restless, pressing eagerness of the character's devoted actions during a time of crisis in the Spring and Autumn period.
💡 Example Usage
他巴巴劫劫地盼着儿子归来，夜不能寐。
He anxiously and impatiently awaited his son's return, unable to sleep at night.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 巴巴劫劫
- Pinyin: bā bā jié jié
- Literal Translation: eagerly, urgently, pressing, pressing
- Category: Emotion
- Characters: 4