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翘首以待
qiáo shǒu yǐ dài
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to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom);
to anxiously await
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以色列人
yǐ sè liè rén
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Israelite;
Israeli
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以偏概全
yǐ piān gài quán
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(lit.) to take a part for the whole;
to generalize
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以此类推
yǐ cǐ lèi tuī
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and so on;
in a similar fashion
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数以亿计
shù yǐ yì jì
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countless;
innumerable
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给以
gěi yǐ
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to give;
to grant
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以柔克刚
yǐ róu kè gāng
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to use softness to conquer strength (idiom)
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以讹传讹
yǐ é chuán é
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to spread falsehoods;
to increasingly distort the truth;
to pile errors on top of errors (idiom)
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以军
yǐ jūn
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Israeli soldiers
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以弗所
yǐ fú suǒ
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Ephesus, city of ancient Greece
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以权谋私
yǐ quán móu sī
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to use one's position for personal gain (idiom)
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以次
yǐ cì
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in the proper order;
the following
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授人以柄
shòu rén yǐ bǐng
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to hand someone the swordhilt (idiom);
to give someone a hold on oneself
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民以食为天
mín yǐ shí wéi tiān
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Food is the God of the people. (idiom); People view food as the primary need.;
Food first, ethical niceties second
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辅以
fǔ yǐ
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supplemented by;
accompanied by;
with
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以史为鉴
yǐ shǐ wéi jiàn
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to learn from history (idiom)
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以逸待劳
yǐ yì dài láo
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to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy;
to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
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宽以待人
kuān yǐ dài rén
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to be lenient with others (idiom)
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聊以自慰
liáo yǐ zì wèi
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to find some consolation (idiom);
to find relief in
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一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ ， yī zé yǐ yōu
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happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
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一則以喜，一則以憂
yī zé yǐ xǐ ， yī zé yǐ yōu
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happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
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一直以来
yī zhí yǐ lái
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in the past always;
for a long time now;
until now
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一直以來
yī zhí yǐ lái
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in the past always;
for a long time now;
until now
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一言以蔽之
yī yán yǐ bì zhī
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one word says it all (idiom, from Analects); to cut a long story short;
in a nutshell
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不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
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not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
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