枕戈待旦 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear
• fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle

Character by character

• 枕zhěnpillow
• 戈gēspear, lance, halberd
• 待dàito entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to w
• 旦dàndawn; morning; day

Idioms sharing a character

• 寝苫枕块 qǐn shān zhěn kuài
• 曲肱而枕 qū gōng ér zhěn
• 枕冷衾寒 zhěn lěng qīn hán
• 枕戈寝甲 zhěn gē qǐn jiǎ
• 枕石漱流 zhěn shí shù liú
• 高枕无忧 gāo zhěn wú yōu
• 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
• 同室操戈 tóng shì cāo gē
• 大动干戈 dà dòng gān gē
• 以礼相待 yǐ lǐ xiāng dài

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