be all eagerness to see it

be all eagerness to see it

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi ā nd ǔ w é iku à I, which means to be happy to see it first and to be eager. It comes from the book with young Li Shiyi.

Notes on Idioms

See: see.

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu of Tang Dynasty said: "if the imperial court officials look East, they can see the scenery at the beginning. It's faster to see it first."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; as predicate, object and attribute; with commendatory meaning. We specially discussed with Mr. Xi Ying to collect the "gossip" and print it into a special book. Those who pay attention to the anecdotes in the literary and art circles must have a glimpse. (Lu Xun's just a collection of "changing the leader"