躍躍欲試
Chinese
to jump; to leap to jump; to leap desire; longing; appetite; wishto test; to try; experiment; examination; testtrad. (躍躍欲試) 躍 躍 欲 試 simp. (跃跃欲试) 跃 跃 欲 试
Pronunciation
Idiom
躍躍欲試
- to itch for a try
- 這樣一來,一些喪盡天良的資本家,就見利忘義,躍躍欲試。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Zhèyàngyīlái, yīxiē sàngjìntiānliáng de zīběnjiā, jiù jiànlìwàngyì, yuèyuèyùshì. [Pinyin]
- At the prospect of profits, some conscienceless capitalists forget all moral principles and itch to have a go.
这样一来,一些丧尽天良的资本家,就见利忘义,跃跃欲试。 [MSC, simp.]