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枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
What 枕戈待旦 means
- lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
- fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
The characters in 枕戈待旦
- 枕zhěn(bound form) pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. zhèn)
- 戈gēdagger-axe; abbr. for 戈瑞; (Taiwan) abbr. for 戈雷
- 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
- 旦dàn(literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera…
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