按兵不动 — Chinese idiom
按兵不动
àn bīng bù dòng
Traditional: 按兵不動
Meaning
- to hold back one's troops without moving ; to bide one's time
Character by character
- 按ànto check, to control, to push, to restrain
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 动dòngto move, to happen; movement, action
Idioms sharing a character
- 按图索骥 àn tú suǒ jì
- 按部就班 àn bù jiù bān
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
- 兵不厌诈 bīng bù yàn zhà
- 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
- 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
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