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捏一把汗

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Collocation

1
为她的安全捏一把汗
2
真让人捏一把汗
3
捏了一把汗
4
替你捏一把汗
5
为他捏一把汗
6
暗暗捏一把汗

Definition

捏一把汗

Literally means:

with one's hands sweating

Actually means:

be seized with anxiety or tension

It means one's palm is wet with perspiration because of anxiety. It figuratively means being very anxious or in a very nervous state of mind. It can also be in the form of 捏把汗.

因担心而手上出汗。形容非常担心,或精神处于高度不安的状态。也可说“捏把汗”。

Example

Used as predicate, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语,中间可加入别的词语)
1
Gāngcái
刚才
kàndào
看到
chàdiǎnr  
差点儿
duìmiàn
对面
kāi
guòlái
过来
de
chē
卡车
xiāngzhuàng
相撞
  
,
zhēn
wéi
niēhán
捏一把汗
  

I just saw you nearly collide with the truck coming in the opposite direction, and I really pinched a sweat for you.

2
xíngchē
自行车
dào
kuàichēdào
快车道
shàng
  
,
hái
gēn
chē
汽车
qiāngdào
抢道
  
,
马路
shàng
de
xíngrén
行人
dōu
niēhán
捏一把汗
  

He rode his bike into the fast lane and grabbed the road with the car, and the pedestrians on the road pinched a sweat for him.

3
Liǎng
nián
qián
第一
kāidiàn
开店
kuī
le
shíwàn
十几万
  
,
xiànzài
现在
yòu
yào
dào
nánfāng
南方
chuàng
创业
  
,
qīnyǒu
亲友
men
dōu
ànàn
暗暗
niēhán
捏一把汗
  

Two years ago he first opened a shop lost hundreds of thousands, and now he is going to the south to start a business, relatives and friends are secretly pinching a sweat.

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