- lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)
- to have ants in one's pants
- hyperactive
- adventurous and uncontrollable
Characters
- 心 (心): heart; mind; intention; center; core; CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]
- 猿 (猨): variant of 猿[yuan2]
- 意 (意): Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
- 马 (馬): surname Ma; abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
Resources
- Wiktionary: 心猿意马
- MDBG: 心猿意马
- Examples with 心猿意马 on Tatoeba
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