汗流浃背

Traditional form:

汗流浹背

Pinyin (reading):

hànliújiābèi

Definitions:

• to sweat profusely (idiom)
• drenched in sweat

Characters:

• 汗 - perspiration, sweat
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
• 浃 - to saturate, to drench; wet, damp
• 背 - back, backside; to betray, to violate

Traditional characters:

• 汗 - perspiration, sweat
• 流 - to flow, to drift, to circulate; class
• 浹 - to saturate, to drench; wet, damp
• 背 - back, backside; to betray, to violate