a male given name

a surname

to wait eagerly or impatiently

"to strangle with floss-silk": to torture slowly

(idiomatic) to wait for one's punishment, to wait and see

(mahjong) little three dragons: a 役 (yaku, “hand”) with triplets or quads of two of the 三元牌 (sangenpai, “dragon tiles”), plus a pair of the third; worth 2 翻 (han, “doubles”). Because 2 翻 is added from the 役牌 (yakuhai, “meld of seat/prevailing wind or dragon”) of the two dragons, the total is actually 4 翻.

(mahjong) Generic name of the three dragon tiles: 白 (haku, “white dragon”), 發/𤼵 (hatsu, “green dragon”), and 中 (chun, “red dragon”)

(mahjong) big three dragons: a 役満 (yakuman, “limit”) hand with triplets or quads of each of the 三元牌 (sangenpai, “dragon tiles”)

(monarchy) an East Asian practice of dating, using exactly one distinct era name for each monarch's reign, where such era name also eventually becomes the monarch's posthumous name

ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend