to hesitate over what move to make (idiom); to waver; to shilly-shally
trad. 舉棋不定
Also written 舉棋不定【jǔ qí bù dìng】
Characters in this word
4举
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variant of 舉|举[ju3]
- Pinyin
- jǔ
- Traditional
- 擧
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5083 of 2500
棋
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variant of 棋[qi2]
- Pinyin
- qí
- Traditional
- 棊
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 17789 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
定
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to fix; to set; to make definite, to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc), to congeal; to coagulate, (literary) definitely
- Pinyin
- dìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2734 of 2500