翘首以待 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 翹首以待 qiáoshǒuyǐdài ㄑㄧㄠˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧˇ ㄉㄞˋ to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) to anxiously await Character by character 翘(qiáo)outstanding 首(shǒu)head 以(yǐ)use 待(dài)wait A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0