待时而动
dài​shí'ér​dòng

to bide one's time

  • created sense approved 待时而动/待時而動 · dài​shí'ér​dòng · to bide one's time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    待时而动 / 待時而動

    dài​shí'ér​dòng

    to bide one's time

    to wait for the right moment before taking action

    待时 (literal) → 待时/待時 · dài​shí · to bide one's time 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