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蓄势待发

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Pīnyīn
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to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Four corner
Cangjie
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *蓄* | 蓄* | *蓄
13画
store, save, hoard, gather
4460.3
TYVW
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *势* | 势* | *势
8画
power, force; tendency
5542
QIKS
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *待* | 待* | *待
9画
treat, entertain, receive; wait
2424.1
HOGDI
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *发* | 发* | *发
5画
issue, dispatch, send out; hair
2340
VIHE

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
to wait for action after having accumulated power, energy etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *蓄* | 蓄* | *蓄
to store up / to grow (e.g. a beard) / to entertain (ideas)
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *势* | 势* | *势
power / influence / potential / momentum / tendency / trend / situation / conditions / outward appearance / sign / gesture / male genitals
  
  dāi
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to stay; to remain
  
  dài
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *待* | 待* | *待
to wait / to treat / to deal with / to need / going to (do sth) / about to / intending to
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
   
   
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]