望眼欲穿

wàng yǎn yù chuān

Dictionary entry

to anxiously await

What does 望眼欲穿 mean?

望眼欲穿 (wàng yǎn yù chuān) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to anxiously await

Character breakdown

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望wàngfull moon · to hope 眼yǎneye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]) · (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance 欲yùdesire · appetite 穿chuānto bore through; to pierce; to perforate · to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street)

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