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翘首以待
qiáo​shǒu​yǐ​dài

to wait anxiously

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 翘首 翹首 qiáo​shǒu
    to raise one's head
    to raise the head to look into the distance
  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 dài verb
    to wait
    to wait for; to await