翘首以待
Traditional form:
翹首以待
Pinyin (reading):
qiáoshǒuyǐdài
Definitions:
- to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
- to anxiously await
Characters:
- 翘 - outstanding; to elevate, to lift, to raise
- 首 - chief, head, leader
- 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
- 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
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