to serve or wait upon; to attend to someone's needs; to wait for or stand by for instructions (as a servant)

to watch for or await an opportunity; to bide one's time

to wait upon; to attend to someone

to watch or observe in secret while waiting for an opportunity; to lie in wait for (usually negative)

to wait for the right moment before taking action

To watch for or wait for an opportunity; to look for a gap or weakness that can be exploited.

to spy on or investigate; to keep a close watch on

server that acts as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers, used for security or privacy

to wait for a convenient opportunity; to watch for a suitable time to act

to investigate secretly; to scout or spy on; to peer into

A computer that manages resources and provides services to other computers; commonly used in Taiwan; same as [[服务器|服務器|fu2 wu4 qi4]] in Mainland China.

To wait by a tree stump for a rabbit to crash into it; describes being stuck in old ways without being able to adapt, or foolishly relying on luck to get results without working for them.

to spy on; to reconnoiter in secret; to wait in ambush to watch someone or something

(literary) to look around from all sides and watch for an opportunity, such as an opening to attack; to surround while watching vigilantly

to search for an opponent's flaws or gaps in their defense while waiting for an opportunity to act; to look for an Achilles' heel

(colloquial) difficult to serve or satisfy; high-maintenance

(idiom) to be so focused on immediate gains that one is unaware of the hidden danger lurking behind; from a story about a siskin bird watching a cicada while a hunter aims from below