àn​bīng​bù​dòng

to hold back troops

按兵不动 按兵不動 àn​bīng​bù​dòng
to hold back troops
to halt military operations temporarily while monitoring the enemy's situation
to take no action
to not take action despite having been assigned a task or responsibility, often while waiting for a more favorable moment

Frequency

Movie subtitles
0.720 per million appears in 0% of films
Written text
0.871 per million

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