芒刺在背 máng cì zài bèi 🔊 feeling brambles and thorns in one's… + Keep this word Meanings máng cì zài bèi feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)uneasy and nervousto be on pins and needles Its characters 芒mángawn (of cereals)刺cìthornHSK 6在zàiat; in; to be (somewhere)HSK 1背bèithe back of a body or objectHSK 4