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翘首以待
qiáo shǒu yǐ dài
What 翘首以待 means
- to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
- to anxiously await
The characters in 翘首以待
- 翘qiáooutstanding; to raise
- 首shǒuhead; chief; first (occasion, thing etc)
- 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
- 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
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