枕戈待旦 — Chinese idiom
枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
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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