翹首以待 qiáo shǒu yǐ dài

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

翹 qiáo turn up, lift, elevate, raise
首 shǒu
HSK 4
head; first; leader, chief; a poem
以 yǐ
HSK 2
by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
待 dài
HSK 5
treat, entertain, receive; wait