活蹦乱跳

活蹦亂跳

huóbèng-luàntiào

idiom #17,882

Meanings

小孩子整天活蹦乱跳的。

Xiǎoháizi zhěngtiān huóbèngluàntiào de.

The kids are bouncing around energetically all day long.

他昨天还活蹦乱跳的，今天怎么就病了？

Tā zuótiān hái huóbèngluàntiào de, jīntiān zěnme jiù bìng le?

He was full of energy yesterday — how did he get sick today?

memory

活 (alive) + 蹦 (bounce) + 乱 (wildly) + 跳 (jump) — picture a kid bouncing and jumping all over the place, impossible to keep still.

活 huó

蹦 bèng

乱 luàn

跳 tiào