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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 拭目以待

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
拭目以待 shì mù yǐ dài - lit. to wipe one's eyes and wait (idiom); to wait and see

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 10,908 17,964 13,728

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shì- to wipe
- eye
- (literary) to look; to regard
- eye (of a net); mesh
- mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4])
- item; section
- list; catalogue
- (taxonomy) order
- name; title
- abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- to use
- by means of
- according to
- in order to
- because of
- at (a certain date or place)
- old variant of 以[yi3]
- old variant of 以[yi3]
dāi- to stay; to remain
dài- to wait
- to treat
- to deal with
- to need
- going to (do sth)
- about to
- intending to

Other Words Containing 拭目以待

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
拭目以待 - - 10,908 17,964 13,728