# 心急如焚 (xīnjírúfén)

In Mandarin Chinese, 心急如焚 (xīnjírúfén) means “burning with anxiety”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: burning with anxiety
- Pinyin: xīnjírúfén (xin1 ji2 ru2 fen2)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 他在手术室外等候，心急如焚。
  Tā zài shǒushùshì wài děnghou, xīnjírúfén.
  Waiting outside the operating room, he was burning with anxiety.

## Characters

- [心](https://hanziro.com/word/xin-heart/) (xīn): heart; mind
- [急](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-urgent/) (jí): urgent; anxious
- [如](https://hanziro.com/word/ru-such-as/) (rú): such as; as if
- 焚 (fén): to burn

https://hanziro.com/word/xin-ji-ru-fen-burning-with-anxiety/

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