wait on tiptoe(qiāo zú ér dài)

wait on tiptoe

Waiting on tiptoe is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Qi à oz ú é Rd à, which means waiting on tiptoe. It means you can see the result of things in a short time. It comes from "persuading officers and men to work hard to educate themselves".

The origin of Idioms

The book "persuading officers and men to be diligent in their own education" written by Zhuge Liang in Shu of the Three Kingdoms States States: "then things can be settled, thieves can die, and merits can be treated as if they are too late."

Idiom usage

To predict something that will happen soon. example we're on the verge of success. In the book of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaodi said, "the ministers are on the inner side, and the generals are on the outer side. When they are dead, they can wait for their feet." In Liang Qichao's young China, it is said that "his death can be treated with great care."

Chinese PinYin : qiāo zú ér dài