| 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 bore through; to pierce; to perforate / to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street) / to thread; to string together / to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.) / verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion |