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"waiting anxiously" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
眼巴巴 yǎn bā bā waiting anxiously / impatient syn
眼穿肠断 眼穿腸斷 yǎn chuān cháng duàn waiting anxiously (idiom)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn
以期 yǐ qī in order to / hoping to / attempting to / waiting for
候车室 候車室 hòu chē shì waiting room (for train, bus etc)
望眼欲穿 wàng yǎn yù chuān to anxiously await syn
长队 長隊 cháng duì line (i.e. of people waiting) / queue
备取 備取 bèi qǔ to be on the waiting list (for admission to a school)
整装待发 整裝待發 zhěng zhuāng dài fā to get ready (for a journey) / ready and waiting
候诊室 候診室 hòu zhěn shì waiting room (at clinic, hospital)
坐冷板凳 zuò lěng bǎn dèng to hold an inconsequential job / to receive a cold reception / to be kept waiting for an assignment or audience / to be out in the cold / to be sidelined / to warm the bench / to cool one's heels syn
束手就擒 shù shǒu jiù qín hands tied and waiting to be captured syn
候诊 候診 hòu zhěn waiting to see a doctor / awaiting treatment
翘首以待 翹首以待 qiáo shǒu yǐ dài to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await syn
百废待兴 百廢待興 bǎi fèi dài xīng many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do syn
引而不发 引而不發 yǐn ér bù fā to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius) / ready and waiting for action / to go through the motions / to practice / a trial run syn
百废待举 百廢待舉 bǎi fèi dài jǔ many things waiting to be done (idiom) / a thousand things to do
翘足引领 翹足引領 qiáo zú yǐn lǐng waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom) / to look forward eagerly / to long for / also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3]
遵时养晦 遵时養晦 zūn shí yǎng huì to bide one's time, waiting for an opportunity to stage a comeback in public life (idiom)
跂想 qǐ xiǎng to expect anxiously
追客 zhuī kè avid fan who anxiously awaits new content
候缺 hòu quē waiting for a vacancy
好饭不怕晚 好飯不怕晚 hǎo fàn bù pà wǎn the meal is remembered long after the wait is forgotten / the good things in life are worth waiting for
守株待兔，缘木求鱼 守株待兔，緣木求魚 shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom) / without any practical course of action
排起长队 排起長隊 pái qǐ cháng duì to form a long line (i.e. of people waiting)
来电等待 來電等待 call waiting
干等 乾等 gān děng to wait in vain / to sit around waiting
候补名单 候補名單 hòu bǔ míng dān waiting list
等待时间 等待時間 děng dài shí jiān waiting time / (computing) latency
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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