骑驴看唱本
qí​lǘ​kàn​chàng​běn

wait and see

  • created reference approved 骑驴看唱本/騎驢看唱本 → 走着瞧/走著瞧 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑驴看唱本 / 騎驢看唱本 qí​lǘ​kàn​chàng​běn

    走着瞧 / 走著瞧 zǒu​zhe​qiáo

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 骑驴看唱本/騎驢看唱本 · qí​lǘ​kàn​chàng​běn · wait and see — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    骑驴看唱本 / 騎驢看唱本

    qí​lǘ​kàn​chàng​běn

    wait and see

    (idiom) we will see what happens; wait and see who is right. This is a two-part allegorical saying based on the pun that both riding a donkey and reading a script involve the words [[走|走|zou3]] and [[瞧|瞧|qiao2]], implying the final outcome depends on how things develop.

    骑驴 (literal) → 骑驴/騎驢 · qí​lǘ · to ride a donkey 看 (literal) → 看 · kàn · to see 唱本 (literal) → 唱本 · chàng​běn · libretto

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

    created sense