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坐以待旦
zuò​yǐ​dài​dàn

to sit and wait for dawn

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 坐 zuò verb
    to sit
    to sit; to take a seat; to rest one's weight on one's buttocks
  2. 以 yǐ prepositionconjunction
    in order to
    in order to; so as to; used to connect two phrases where the second is the purpose of the first
  3. 待旦 dài​dàn
    to wait for dawn
    to wait for the morning or daybreak; typically used of soldiers or workers on night duty