伺機而動
sì​jī'ér​dòng

to bide one's time

  • created sense approved 伺机而动/伺機而動 · sì​jī'ér​dòng · to bide one's time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    伺机而动 / 伺機而動

    sì​jī'ér​dòng

    to bide one's time

    to wait for the right moment before taking action

    伺机 (literal) → 伺机/伺機 · sì​jī · to wait for a chance 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 动 (literal) → 动/動 · dòng · to act

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense