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Trad. 待崗
- to wait for a job assignment; to be laid off; to be out of a job
Trad. 待詔
- expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties)
- student who has returned from overseas but is yet to find a job (pun on 海帶|海带[hai3 dai4])
- cf. 海歸|海归[hai3 gui1]
- to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers)
Trad. 待會兒
- in a moment
- later
- also pr. [dai1 hui3 r5] or [dai1 hui5 r5]
- Bao Daizhi, "Edict Attendant Bao", fictional name used for Bao Zheng 包拯[Bao1 Zheng3] (999-1062), Northern Song official renowned for his honesty
Trad. 招待員
- service personnel: usher, waiter, receptionist, hostess etc
Trad. 百端待舉
- a thousand things remain to be done (idiom)
- numerous tasks remain to be undertaken
Trad. 翹足而待
- to expect in a short time (idiom)
- also pr. [qiao4 zu2 er2 dai4]
Trad. 翹首以待
- to hold one's breath (in anticipation) (idiom)
- to anxiously await
Trad. 赤誠相待
- to treat utterly sincerely
- open and above board in dealing with sb
Trad. 隨時待命
- on call
- always available
- ready at all times
Trad. 寬以待人
- to be lenient with others (idiom)
Trad. 以禮相待
- to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
- lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
- fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
Trad. 藏器待時
- to conceal one's abilities and wait (idiom); to lie low and await the opportune moment
Trad. 以逸待勞
- to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
- to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
- lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
- to wait idly for opportunities
- to trust to chance rather than show initiative
Trad. 國民待遇
- (law) national treatment – the principle that foreigners or foreign goods, services and companies are accorded the same treatment as nationals or domestic goods, services and companies within the host country
- lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see
- (idiom) unable to hold oneself back; eager to do sth without delay
Trad. 束手待斃
- to wait helplessly for death (idiom)
- to resign oneself to extinction
Trad. 蓄勢待發
- to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
Trad. 虛位以待
- to reserve a seat
- to leave a position vacant
Trad. 待價而沽
- to sell only for a good price (idiom)
- to wait for a good offer
Trad. 虛席以待
- to reserve a seat for sb (idiom)
- (idiom) impatient; eager to (do sth); unable to wait any longer
Trad. 整裝待發
- to get ready (for a journey)
- ready and waiting
Trad. 時不我待
- (idiom) time and tide wait for no man
Trad. 百廢待興
- many things waiting to be done (idiom)
- a thousand things to do
Trad. 百廢待舉
- many things waiting to be done (idiom)
- a thousand things to do
Trad. 應急待命
- emergency standby
- to be on standby
Trad. 坐以待斃
- to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
Trad. 超國民待遇
- (law) privileges granted to foreigners exceeding those accorded to nationals of the host country (cf. 國民待遇|国民待遇[guo2 min2 dai4 yu4], national treatment)
Trad. 最惠國待遇
- most favored nation
Trad. 零等待狀態
- zero wait state (computing)
Trad. 待辦事項列表
- to-do list
Trad. 嚴以責己寬以待人
- to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
Trad. 守株待兔，緣木求魚
- to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action