举棋不定 — Chinese idiom
举棋不定
jǔ qí bù dìng
Traditional: 舉棋不定
Meaning
- to hesitate over what move to make ; to waver
- to shilly-shally
Character by character
- 举jǔto raise; to recommend; to praise
- 棋qíchess; any strategy game
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 定dìngto decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite,
Idioms sharing a character
- 一举一动 yī jǔ yī dòng
- 一举两得 yī jǔ liǎng dé
- 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
- 不可枚举 bù kě méi jǔ
- 多此一举 duō cǐ yī jǔ
- 百废待举 bǎi fèi dài jǔ
- 百端待举 bǎi duān dài jǔ
- 众擎易举 zhòng qíng yì jǔ
- 纲举目张 gāng jǔ mù zhāng
- 举一反三 jǔ yī fǎn sān
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