created sense approved 跷足而待/蹺足而待 · qiāozú'érdài · to wait with ease — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
跷足而待 / 蹺足而待
qiāozú'érdài
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 approved 跷足而待/蹺足而待 · qiāozú'érdài · to wait on tiptoe — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
跷足而待 / 蹺足而待
qiāozú'érdài
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