qiāo​zú'ér​dài

to wait with ease

  • created sense approved 跷足而待/蹺足而待 · qiāo​zú'ér​dài · to wait with ease — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    跷足而待 / 蹺足而待

    qiāo​zú'ér​dài

    to wait with ease

    to wait comfortably and confidently for a successful result

    跷 (literal) → 跷/蹺 · qiāo · to raise 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · foot 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

  • created sense approved 跷足而待/蹺足而待 · qiāo​zú'ér​dài · to wait on tiptoe — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    跷足而待 / 蹺足而待

    qiāo​zú'ér​dài

    to wait on tiptoe

    to wait with eager expectation or anticipation

    跷 (literal) → 跷/蹺 · qiāo · to stand on tiptoe 足 (literal) → 足 · zú · foot 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