翘足而待
qiáo​zú'ér​dài

to expect in a short time

  • created sense approved 翘足而待/翹足而待 · qiáo​zú'ér​dài · to expect in a short time — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    翘足而待 / 翹足而待

    qiáo​zú'ér​dài

    to expect in a short time

    to wait on tiptoe with expectation; used to describe something that is expected to happen very soon

    qiào​zú'ér​dài

    翘足 (literal) → 翘足/翹足 · qiáo​zú · to stand on tiptoes 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · [adverbial linker] 待 (literal) → 待 · dài · to wait

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

    created sense