拭目以待 — Chinese idiom
拭目以待
shì mù yǐ dài
Meaning
- lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait ; to wait and see
Character by character
- 拭shìto wipe away stains with a cloth
- 目mùeye; to look, to see; division, topic
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 待dàito entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to w
Idioms sharing a character
- 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán
- 一目十行 yī mù shí háng
- 一叶障目 yī yè zhàng mù
- 令人瞩目 lìng rén zhǔ mù
- 伤心惨目 shāng xīn cǎn mù
- 剑眉星目 jiàn méi xīng mù
- 反目成仇 fǎn mù chéng chóu
- 名目繁多 míng mù fán duō
- 巧立名目 qiǎo lì míng mù
- 怒目相向 nù mù xiāng xiàng
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