按兵不动 meaning in English
halt the troops and wait; keep [remain] quiet; be on the alert, but make no move; bide one's time; hold one's troops where they are; hold the dogs of war in leash; keep an army back from battle; keep the troops immobilized; keep the troops in readiness, but do not send them into action; make no move; not to throw the troops into battle; remain inactive; rest one's men for a time; station the troops (and wait for a right time to strike); stop the advance of an army; take no action; the army was halted and did not march.: 按兵不动, 等待时机 not to move till the right moment; halt the troops and wait; keep quiet for waiting for a good chance; station one's troops and wait for the right moment; hold in check the pugnacity of our men until such a time as could be to our better advantage to strike; hold one's troops temporarily in leash for more effective action later; 红军按兵不动, 伺机发动反击。 the red army bided their time to launch a counterattack
Examples
- She is going to sit tight till she hears what they are going to do next
在未听到他们下一步行动计划之前，她将按兵不动。 - For now , we sit tight
我们暂时按兵不动 - Until the bomber
我们暂且按兵不动 - On the 3g front , china remained poised to become one of the world ' s major players
在3g方面，中国按兵不动成为世界上的主要成员。 - That compares with 2 percent in the euro zone and virtually zero percent in japan
相应地，欧元区的利率只上升了2 % ,而日元的利率事实上则按兵不动。