- 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
- 枕 (枕): pillow; to pillow; to rest one's head on (Taiwan pr. [zhen4] for this sense)
- 戈 (戈): surname Ge
- 待 (待): to stay
- 旦 (旦): (literary) dawn; daybreak; dan, female role in Chinese opera (traditionally played by specialized male actors)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 枕戈待旦
- MDBG: 枕戈待旦
- Examples with 枕戈待旦 on Tatoeba
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