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iemar sim'oaan [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: ix'mar sym'oaan [[...]][i#] [p.]

indecisive, wavering

意馬心猿

m-køeasym/mxkøeasym [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: m'koex'sym; m-køex'sym [[...]][i#] [p.]

cannot bear the thought of it (e.g., of leaving one's family to go abroad), feel very much grieved and dissatisfied with one's self for what one has done (e.g. for injuring one's own child)

過意不去,不放心

• Paxng kazok toax Taioaan cyn mxkoeasym. [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: Paxng kaf'zok toax Taai'oaan cyn m'koex'sym. [[...]][i#] [p.]
  I feel grief and anxiety at leaving my family in Taiwan.
  留家人住在台灣很不放心。

sim'oaan iemar [wt] [HTB] [wiki] u: sym'oaan ix'mar [[...]][i#] [p.]

the heart of an ape and the mind of a horse — restless and unsettled, cannot make up one's mind, indecision, procrastination

心猿意馬

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