gān​děng

to wait in vain

  • created reference approved 干等/乾等 → 白等 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    干等 / 乾等 gān​děng

    白等 bái​děng

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 干等/乾等 · gān​děng · to wait in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    干等 / 乾等

    gān​děng

    to wait in vain

    To sit around waiting for something without any result; to spend time waiting for nothing.

    干 (literal) → 干/乾 · gān · for nothing 等 (literal) → 等 · děng · to wait

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

    created sense