qí​lǘ​kàn​chàng​běn

wait and see

Senses

骑驴看唱本/ 騎驢看唱本 qí​lǘ​kàn​chàng​běn wait and see

(idiom) we will see what happens; wait and see who is right. This is a two-part allegorical saying based on the pun that both riding a donkey and reading a script involve the words zǒu and qiáo, implying the final outcome depends on how things develop.

References

synonym 骑驴看唱本/騎驢看唱本 走着瞧/走著瞧