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翹首以待

简翘首以待 · 繁翹首以待

Mandarin · pinyin qiáo shǒu yǐ dài

to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
to anxiously await

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首: shǒu · head; first; leader, chief; a poem; Kangxi radical 185
以: yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
待: dài · treat, entertain, receive; wait
翘: qiào · turn up, lift, elevate, raise

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2–3–3–4 · qiao2 shou3 yi3 dai4

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kiu4 sau2 ji5 doi6

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