小鹿亂撞

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Chinese

fawn; heartbeat; pounding heart in confusion; disorderly
to hit; to strike; to meet by accident
to hit; to strike; to meet by accident; to run into; to bump against; to bump into
 
trad. (小鹿亂撞) 小鹿
simp. (小鹿乱撞) 小鹿
Literally: “little deer dashing around”.

Etymology

Not the only form in Chinese. Many variants exist. This is the four-character chengyu-like form. Similar phrases first attested in the 13th century in Early Old Mandarin.

Pronunciation


Idiom

小鹿亂撞

  1. (figurative) to have butterflies in one's stomach (often used to describe a lovestruck person); (of one's heart) to go pit-a-pat; to flutter