xiàng​jī'ér​dòng

to bide one's time

  • created reference approved 相机而动/相機而動 → 相机行事/相機行事 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相机而动 / 相機而動 xiàng​jī'ér​dòng

    相机行事 / 相機行事 xiàng​jī​xíng​shì

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created reference approved 相机而动/相機而動 → 相机而行/相機而行 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    相机而动 / 相機而動 xiàng​jī'ér​dòng

    相机而行 / 相機而行 xiàng​jī'ér​xíng

    synonym

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

    created reference

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

    相机而动 / 相機而動

    xiàng​jī'ér​dòng

    to bide one's time

    To wait for the opportune moment before taking action.

    相机 (literal) → 相机/相機 · xiàng​jī · to watch 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