crane one 's neck and stand on tiptoe in pleasurable expectation(qiáo shǒu qǐ zú)

crane one 's neck and stand on tiptoe in pleasurable expectation

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi á OSH ǒ UQ ǐ Z ú, which means to look up and stand on tiptoe to describe eager. It comes from Xiwu Jiangxiao's trilogy.

The origin of Idioms

Wei Chen Lin of the Three Kingdoms period wrote in his trilogy of calling on Wu Generals: "all the meritorious people are leading and responding."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or adverbial; used in anticipation. Example: in Ming Dynasty, Qu you's new story of cutting lanterns, notes of autumn fragrance Pavilion: "but I'm eager to wait for the end, regardless of other things."

Chinese PinYin : qiáo shǒu qǐ zú