xīn yuán yì mǎ
lit. heart like a frisky monkey, mind like a cantering horse (idiom); fig. capricious (derog.)
to have ants in one's pants
hyperactive
adventurous and uncontrollable
cháng bì yuán
gibbon
Hylobatidae (gibbon and lesser ape family)
Běi jīng yuán rén
Peking ape-man
Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in Zhoukoudian 周口店[Zhou1 kou3 dian4] in 1921
hēi guān cháng bì yuán
black crested gibbon (Nomascus nasutus)
lóng niǎo jiàn yuán
bird in a basket, monkey in a cage (idiom); prisoner
jué yuán
legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls
yuán jué
legendary ape of Sichuan and Yunnan, with a penchant for carrying off girls
yuán bì
arms like those of an ape — muscular, or long and dexterous