望眼欲穿 |
wàng yǎn yù chuān |
to anxiously await |
望 |
wàng |
full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards |
望 |
wàng |
15th day of month (lunar calendar) / old variant of 望 |
眼 |
yǎn |
eye (CL:只,双) / (often used with 一) a look; a glance / small hole / (bound form) salient point / classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc |
欲 |
yù |
desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed |
欲 |
yù |
to wish for / to desire / variant of 欲 |
穿 |
chuān |
to wear / to put on / to dress / to bore through / to pierce / to perforate / to penetrate / to pass through / to thread |