stretch one's neck; crane one's neck
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to stretch one's neck; to crane one's neck (in anticipation or resignation)
literaryLiterary term often used in set phrases describing eager waiting or resignation to execution.
yǐn引
jǐng颈
qǐ企
dài待
to crane one's neck and wait expectantly
yǐn引
jǐng颈
shòu受
lù戮
to stretch out one's neck for execution; to await death resignedly
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Zhòng众
rén人
yǐn引
jǐng颈
ér而
wàng望
，
děng等
dài待
yīng英
xióng雄
guī归
lái来
。
The crowd craned their necks waiting for the hero to return.