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used in 伺候[ci4 hou5]

🖌️ 伺 Strokes

to watch
to wait
to examine
to spy

🖌️ 伺 Strokes

to serve; to wait upon

🖌️ 伺 Strokes 🖌️ 候 Strokes

servo (small electric motor)
computer server

🖌️ 伺 Strokes 🖌️ 服 Strokes

Trad. 伺機

to wait for an opportunity
to watch for one's chance

🖌️ 伺 Strokes 🖌️ 机 Strokes

to wait for the opportunity

🖌️ 伺 Strokes 🖌️ 隙 Strokes

Trad. 窺伺

to spy upon
to lie in wait for (an opportunity)

🖌️ 窥 Strokes 🖌️ 伺 Strokes

伺sì 服fú 器qì

server (computer) (Tw)

🖌️ 伺 Strokes 🖌️ 服 Strokes 🖌️ 器 Strokes

难nán 伺cì 候hou

Trad. 難伺候

(coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance

🖌️ 难 Strokes 🖌️ 伺 Strokes 🖌️ 候 Strokes

观guān 衅xìn 伺sì 隙xì

Trad. 觀釁伺隙

lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom)
fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points
to look for the Achilles' heel

🖌️ 观 Strokes 🖌️ 衅 Strokes 🖌️ 伺 Strokes 🖌️ 隙 Strokes