DailyWord 14：忐忑 tǎntè

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adj. feel anxious, uneasy, fearful, worried

How to write?

“忐忑”的汉字很好记，“心”又“上”又“下”，表示心神不定：
It's easy to remember the way of writing 忐忑. The heart goes up and down, which means feel anxious and uneasy.

How to use?

adj. feel anxious, uneasy,
fearful, worried
其实，“忐忑”这个词来源于古希腊神话。
In fact, the word 忐忑 comes from an ancient Greek mythology.

“忐忑”的故事

Tantalus是Lydia富有而又强大的国王。他是Zeus和一位仙女的儿子，深受众神喜爱。众神请他参加宴yàn会，与他们共享美酒与美食，并且还让他了解他们的秘密，然而乐极生悲。或许是因为偷了美酒、或许是因为泄露了宙斯的秘密、或许是因为太过骄傲自满，他惹怒了宙斯，被打入了永远黑暗的地狱中。
Tantalus was the rich and mighty king of Lydia. Son of Zeus by a fairy maiden, he was greatly favored by the gods. He was invited to share wine and food with them at their banquets, and he was let into their secrets. But ever the latter end of joy is woe. Either because he had stolen wine orgave away the secrets of Zeus, or because he had become so proud, he incurred the wrath of Zeus and was hurled down to the everlasting darkness of Tartarus.

在那里他被迫站在一个小湖中，水没到下颌，无数甜美的水果挂在头顶和四周。他不停努力喝水，但水总是从嘴边流走；他试图抓住那些美味的水果，但总是被风吹走。“tantalizing”一词即由此而来，意思是在眼前却无法得到的某个东西。

There he was made to stand up to his chin in a little lake，with clusters of luscious fruitshanging over and around his head．He strove eternally to drink the ever-evading water and to clutch at the delicious fruitswhich were ever tossed out of his reach by blasts of wind．Thus he was doomed to endure endless burning thirst and bitter hunger in the world of the shades．The whole occurrence has given rise to the expression“tantalizing” , meaning somethng inplain view but unattainable．
后来，tantalizing的词根Tanta进入了古汉语，聪明的古人根据Tanta的意思，又结合汉语的特点，创造了“忐忑”这两个字，再赋予它近似西文“Tanta”的读音。
Then the root of tantalizing, Tanta, entered ancient Chinese. Brilliant ancient people created the word 忐忑 according to the meaning of Tanta and the characteristics of Chinese and gave it the similar pronunciation of Tanta.

Example Sentences

面对这个现实问题，他整天感到忐忑。
Facing this practical problem, he feels uneasy all the day.

由于迟到，他忐忑不安地进了教室。
Being late, he went into the classroom upset.

我忐忑不安地期待最后的结果。
I apprehended that consequences with dread.

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