lit. to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom); fig. fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
Characters in this word
4枕
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(bound form) pillow, to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4])
- Pinyin
- zhěn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 37919 of 2500
戈
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surname Ge
- Pinyin
- Gē
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 8610 of 2500
待
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
to stay; to remain
- Pinyin
- dāi
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 624 of 2500
旦
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
(literary) dawn; daybreak, dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
- Pinyin
- dàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 33151 of 2500