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Chinese symbol for “stalling”

缓兵之计
huǎn bīng zhī jì
Traditional: 緩兵之計
delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite

The closest CC-CEDICT match for stalling is 缓兵之计 (huǎn bīng zhī jì), defined as: delaying tactics; stalling; measures to stave off an attack; stratagem to win a respite.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

缓 huǎn
slow, gradual; to postpone, to delay
radical 120 ⽷ · 12 strokes
兵 bīng
soldier; troops, an army; warlike
radical 12 ⼋ · 7 strokes
之 zhī
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, t
radical 4 ⼃ · 4 strokes
计 jì
to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
radical 149 ⾔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 缓兵之计.

WordPinyinMeaning
缓慢 (緩慢)huǎn mànslow; unhurried; sluggish
缓解 (緩解)huǎn jiěto bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis)
缓和 (緩和)huǎn héto ease (tension); to alleviate
减缓 (減緩)jiǎn huǎnto slow down; to retard
缓存 (緩存)huǎn cún(computing) cache; buffer memory
缓刑 (緩刑)huǎn xíngsuspended sentence; probation
士兵shì bīngsoldier; 个 (gè)
步兵bù bīnginfantry; foot
之后 (之後)zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
计划 (計劃)jì huàplan; project

See also: Japanese symbol for “stalling”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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