延颈企踵 — Chinese idiom
延颈企踵
yán jǐng qǐ zhǒng
Traditional: 延頸企踵
Meaning
- to stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck ; fig. to yearn for sth
Character by character
- 延yánto defer, to delay, to postpone; to extend, to pro
- 颈jǐngneck, throat
- 企qǐto plan a project; to stand on tiptoe
- 踵zhǒngheel; to follow; to visit, to call on
Idioms sharing a character
- 延年益寿 yán nián yì shòu
- 苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn
- 引颈就戮 yǐn jǐng jiù lù
- 另有企图 lìng yǒu qǐ tú
- 摩顶放踵 mó dǐng fàng zhǒng
- 祸不旋踵 huò bù xuán zhǒng
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