hú​lì

to wait expectantly

  • created sense approved 鹄立/鵠立 · hú​lì · to wait expectantly — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹄立 / 鵠立

    hú​lì

    to wait expectantly

    (literary) to stand erect with neck craned like a swan; used to describe waiting impatiently or looking forward to something with high expectations

    鹄 (literal) → 鹄/鵠 · hú · expectantly 立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to stand

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 鹄立/鵠立 · hú​lì · to stand in order — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鹄立 / 鵠立

    hú​lì

    to stand in order

    (literary) to stand in formation or in a line, often describing officials or attendants in a courtly or formal setting

    鹄 (literal) → 鹄/鵠 · hú · expectantly 立 (literal) → 立 · lì · to stand

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

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