翘首以待 qiáoshǒuyǐdài to wait anxiously Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 翘首 翹首 qiáoshǒu to raise one's head to raise the head to look into the distance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待 dài verb to wait to wait for; to await