枕戈待旦

Traditional form:

枕戈待旦

Pinyin (reading):

zhěngēdàidàn

Definitions:

• lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
• fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle

Characters:

• 枕 - pillow
• 戈 - spear, lance, halberd
• 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
• 旦 - dawn; morning; day

Traditional characters:

• 枕 - pillow
• 戈 - spear, lance, halberd
• 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
• 旦 - dawn; morning; day