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守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
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lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom);
to wait idly for opportunities;
to trust to chance rather than show initiative
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相待
xiāng dài
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to treat
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急不可待
jí bù kě dài
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impatient;
eager to;
anxious to
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招待员
zhāo dài yuán
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usher;
greeter
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指日可待
zhǐ rì kě dài
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imminent;
just around the corner (idiom)
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担待
dān dài
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to pardon;
please excuse (me);
to take responsibility
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待机
dài jī
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to wait for an opportunity;
(electronic devices) standby
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接待室
jiē dài shì
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reception room
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时不我待
shí bù wǒ dài
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time and tide wait for no man (idiom)
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待业
dài yè
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to await job assignment (term used only in mainland China)
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待人接物
dài rén jiē wù
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the way one treats people
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待价而沽
dài jià ér gū
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to sell only for a good price (idiom);
to wait for a good offer
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招待所
zhāo dài suǒ
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guest house;
small hotel
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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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留待
liú dài
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to leave sth for later;
to postpone (work, a decision etc)
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亟待
jí dài
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see 急待[ji2 dai4]
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待产
dài chǎn
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(of an expectant mother) to be in labor
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优待券
yōu dài quàn
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discount coupon;
complimentary ticket
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厚待
hòu dài
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generous treatment
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嗷嗷待哺
áo áo dài bǔ
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cry piteously for food
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宽待
kuān dài
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to treat leniently;
liberal treatment
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百废待兴
bǎi fèi dài xīng
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many things waiting to be done (idiom);
a thousand things to do
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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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不待说
bù dài shuō
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needless to say;
it goes without saying
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