按兵不動

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to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time

Written Forms

按兵不動Traditional · Main Form
按兵不动Alternate Form

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