翘首以待

to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom) / to anxiously await

old variant of 以[yi3]

old variant of 以[yi3]

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

to stay

to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to

head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc

outstanding / to raise

to stick up / to rise on one end / to tilt

to raise one's head and look