等待
děng dài
Pinyin
Definition
等待
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- to wait
- to wait for
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
以礼相待
- 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
以逸待劳
- 1 to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
- 2 to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
严以责己宽以待人
- 1 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
坐以待毙
- 1 to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
守株待兔
- 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
- 2 to wait idly for opportunities
- 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative
Sample Sentences
等待着下课,等待着放学,等待游戏的童年
The childhood of waiting for the class to dismiss, waiting for the end of school day, waiting for playing.
说的的一点儿没错,在高速公路上堵车等待也是常有的事,因为这种现象实在太普遍,还有些网路段子手拿这种现象来调侃。
Yeah, ain't that the truth. People often find themselves waiting in a traffic jam on the highway and because it's so common a phenomenon, there are also lots of internet meme-makers mocking this state of affairs.
若是不想忘记她,你可以跳下奈何桥,在桥下的忘川河中等待一千年。
If you don't want to forget her, you can jump off the Naihe Bridge, the bridge of helplessness, and wait in the waters of the river of forgetfulness for a thousand years.
我敞开胸怀为你等待。
I open my heart up wide and wait for you
哦我已等待了千年为何城门还不开
Oh, I've already waited 1,000 years. Why won't that gate open?
哦我已等待了千年为何良人不回来
Oh, I've already waited 1,000 years. Why won't my husband return?
耐心地等待。
Wait patiently.
有的可以省略。比如说:耐心地等待,你也可以说“耐心等待”。
You can omit some of them. For example: wait patiently. You can also say: "wait patiently".
请耐心等待!
Please wait patiently!
他和我是同一年进公司的。前两天碰到他的时候,他还很热情地跟我打招呼,还说等升了职就请我吃饭。没想到一转眼他竟得了这种病。他还那么年轻,他还有很多梦想等待去实现,现在就......哎!老天真是太不公平了!
He started working here the same year I did. When I've run into him these last few days he's still been so friendly - saying hello and even that he wants to take me out to eat once he gets promoted. I never would have thought that he could just suddenly have cancer like this. He's still so young. He still has so many dreams waiting to be fulfilled, and now...agh! God is so unfair!