lie with one 's head pillowed on a spear , awaiting the enemy
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ě ng ē D à ID í, which means to wait for the enemy with weapons on the pillow. It describes being ready to kill the enemy at any time. It comes from the biography of Chu Yuan in the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Biography of Chu Yuan in the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty: "build a new pavilion and wait for the enemy The first time you make friends, the first time you send the villains. "
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: Pillow
Idiom usage
To act as a predicate or attributive
Chinese PinYin : zhěn gē dài dí
lie with one 's head pillowed on a spear , awaiting the enemy
acquire a completely new outlook. dōng fēng hào dàng
Absorb the new and explain the old. xī xīn tǔ gù
keep to the concept of all-time preparedness. cháng bèi bù xiè
know without consulting an oracle. wèi bǔ xiān zhī