to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time
trad. 按兵不動
Also written 按兵不動【àn bīng bù dòng】
Characters in this word
4按
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to press, to push, to leave aside or shelve, to control, to restrain, to keep one's hand on, to check or refer to, according to, in the light of, (of an editor or author) to make a comment
- Pinyin
- àn
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1053 of 2500
兵
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soldiers, a force, an army, weapons, arms, military, warlike, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4822 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
动
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(of sth) to move, to set in movement, to displace, to touch, to make use of, to stir (emotions), to alter, abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- Pinyin
- dòng
- Traditional
- 動
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1317 of 2500