七上八下

qīshàngbāxià

seven buckets coming up and eight buckets going down—be agitated; be perturbed

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be agitated; be perturbed

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be agitated; be perturbed

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qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4

at sixes and sevens, perturbed state of mind, in a mess

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七上八下

qī shàng bá xià

(His heart seemed to him) like a well in which seven buckets are drawn up and eight dropped down -- an unsettled state of mind.; be agitated (excited; perturbed); in a mental flurry of indecision

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七上八下|七上八下 [qī shàng bā xià] ► at sixes and sevens ► perturbed state of mind ► in a mess