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绷着这根弦

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Collocation

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脑子里绷着这根弦
2
一直绷着这根弦
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老绷着这根弦
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绷着……这根弦
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时时绷着这根弦
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常常绷着这根弦

Definition

绷着这根弦:

Literally means:

stretch the string

Actually means:

It means keeping something in mind. What the person keeps in mind is often expressed in the context or by the words inserted in between.

心中记挂着某件事。指所记挂的事,多通过上下文或插入中间的词语来表示。

Example

Used as predicate. It can have other words in between. (作谓语、中间可以插入别的词语)
1
shàngrèn
上任
de
tóu
nián
nǎozi
脑子
quèshí
确实
bēng
zhāo
zhè
gēn
xián
  
,
shì
可是
hòulái
后来
zhè
gēn
xián
sōng
le
  
,
yòngquán
用权
huànqián
换钱
de
shìqing
事情
jiù
duàn
不断
shēng
发生
le
  

In his first year in office, he did have this string in his head, but then it loosened, and the power-for-money thing kept happening.

2
Háizi
孩子
men
nǎo
zhōng
zhí
一直
jǐnjǐn
紧紧
bēng
zhāo
kǎoshì
考试
zhè
gēn
xián
  
,
men
他们
néng
kuàihuo
快活
de
lai
起来
ma
  
?

Children's brains have been tightly tied to the test string, can they live up?

3
Zài
xùn
迅速
miǎn
避免
le
cháng
huǒzāi
火灾
zhīhòu
之后
  
,
chǎngzhǎng
厂长
duì
zhě
记者
shuō
  
:
fánghuǒ
防火
fángdào
防盗
qiě
huánbǎo
环保
shì
men
我们
zàozhǐchǎng
造纸厂
de
guānjiàn
关键
  
,
rénrén
人人
dōu
bēng
zhāo
zhè
gēn
xián
  
,
néng
fǎnyìng
反应
kuài
不快
ma
  
?

After quickly avoiding a fire, the factory director told reporters: "Fire prevention and environmental protection is the key to our paper mill, everyone with this string, can not react quickly?"