干着急

Traditional form:

乾著急

Pinyin (reading):

gānzháojí

Definitions:

• to worry helplessly

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 着 - to make a move, to take action
• 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 著 - to show, to prove, to make known
• 急 - anxious, worried; hasty, quick; pressing, urgent