跃跃欲试

yuè yuè yù shì

itching to have a go

Character by character

跃yuè
leap

欲yù
want

试shì
try

看到别人在湖上划桨板，孩子们一个个跃跃欲试。

Seeing other people paddleboarding on the lake, the children were all itching to have a go.

Tone: neutral.

Eagerness to try something new or to join in: often 一个个跃跃欲试, 让人跃跃欲试, and paired with 摩拳擦掌 (lesson 3-14). It describes the wish, before the action.

Learn this in Lesson 144 · HSK 7–9: 露营热 (The outdoor boom)

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