拭目以待

shì mù yǐ dài

to wait and see

Character by character

拭shì
wipe

目mù
eyes

以yǐ
in order to

待dài
wait

新政策的效果如何，我们拭目以待。

How the new policy works out, we shall wait and see.

Tone: neutral.

In diplomacy it reads as a warning.

Learn this in Lesson 102 · HSK 7–9: 读懂官方新闻 (Decoding the evening news)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. This lesson is free.