







饮冰内热 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be consumed by extreme anxiety and apprehension”. To feel utterly panicked and restless. Literally, “drink ice for internal heat”.

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Open the tool →饮冰内热 (yǐn bīng nèi rè) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be consumed by extreme anxiety and apprehension”.
饮冰内热 is pronounced yǐn bīng nèi rè in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 饮冰内热 means “drink ice for internal heat”. It is used to mean “to be consumed by extreme anxiety and apprehension”.
形容十分惶恐焦灼。