翹首以待
qiáo​shǒu​yǐ​dài

to wait anxiously

  • created sense approved 翘首以待/翹首以待 · qiáo​shǒu​yǐ​dài · to wait anxiously — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    翘首以待 / 翹首以待

    qiáo​shǒu​yǐ​dài

    to wait anxiously

    to raise one's head and look into the distance in anticipation; to await eagerly or anxiously

    翘首 (literal) → 翘首/翹首 · qiáo​shǒu · to raise one's head 以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · in order to 待 (literal) → 待 · dài · to wait

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

    created sense