Read Edit View history 拭目以待 shìmùyǐdài to wait and see Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 拭目以待 shìmùyǐdài to wait and see (idiom) to wipe one's eyes and wait; to look forward to something with eager anticipation or to watch closely for how a situation develops Frequency Movie subtitles 3.25 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 3.41 per million Cross-References Variant of 拭目而待 shìmù'érdài拭目以俟 shìmùyǐsìReferenced by 拭目 shìmù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
拭目以待 shìmùyǐdài to wait and see (idiom) to wipe one's eyes and wait; to look forward to something with eager anticipation or to watch closely for how a situation develops Frequency Movie subtitles 3.25 per million appears in 2% of films Written text 3.41 per million Cross-References Variant of 拭目而待 shìmù'érdài拭目以俟 shìmùyǐsìReferenced by 拭目 shìmù Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)