待援

待援

Chinese

		wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay	to help; to assist; to aid
simp. and trad. (待援)		待	援

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàiyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàiyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dayyuan
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàiyuán
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/

Verb

待援

1. to wait for reinforcements; to wait for rescue

   • 我是速決，敵雖企圖持久待援，但不能由他作主。 [MSC, trad.]
     我是速决，敌虽企图持久待援，但不能由他作主。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Wǒ shì sùjué, dí suī qǐtú chíjiǔ dàiyuán, dàn bùnéng yóu tā zuòzhǔ. [Pinyin]

     And we shall seek quick decisions, while the enemy, try as he may, will not be able to protract the fighting in the expectation of reinforcements.