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Trad. 翹望
- to raise one's head and look into the distance
- fig. to forward to
- to long for
Trad. 翹舌音
- retroflex sound (e.g. in Mandarin zh, ch, sh, r)
Trad. 林家翹
- Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician
Trad. 翹嘴鷸
- (bird species of China) Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
Trad. 翹足引領
- waiting on tiptoes and craning one's neck (idiom)
- to look forward eagerly
- to long for
- also pr. [qiao4 zu2 yin3 ling3]
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. 翹鼻麻鴨
- (bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Trad. 前凸後翹
- (of a woman) to have nice curves; buxom; shapely
Trad. 翹二郎腿
- to stick one leg over the other (when sitting)
Trad. 翹居群首
- head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
- outstanding