Pronunciation: hàn liú jiā bèi
Interpretation: drenched: soaked. Sweat flows all over the back. It describes being very afraid or ashamed. Now it also describes sweating a lot and being soaked through.
Origin: ① "The Records of the Grand Historian (史记-陈丞相世家)":"Bo thanked me again for not knowing that he was sweating all over his back, and he was ashamed of not being able to face him."
②Song Fan Ye, "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty - Empresses Chronicle - Empress Fu of Emperor Xian": "Cao went out, looked around and sweated, and since then did not dare to return to the court to ask for help."
Synonyms: sweating like a pig, sweating like a pig, sweating profusely
Antonyms: calm and collected, usage in brief
Example Sentences: ① The weather was hot, and everyone in the training room was drenched in sweat.
②Every time I come to the workshop, I see him sweating.
③He was the only one left on the track and he was still running in a sweat.
④In the labor competition, everyone worked in a sweat.