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七上八下 (cat1 soeng5 baat3 haa6) — unsettled state of mind; agitated, perturbed; at sixes and sevens in Cantonese

catˉ¹七soengˏ₅上baat˗₃八haaˍ₆下
Mandarin Pinyin: qi1 shang4 ba1 xia4

Meaning of 七上八下

noununsettled state of mind; agitated, perturbed; at sixes and sevens

Characters in 七上八下

七cat1
seven; seven times
上soeng6
preceding; previous; last
八baat3
eight
下haa6
formulate; work out; set down

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