make a gesture of attacking
It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is "x ū Hu ǎ ngy ī Qi ā", which means to pretend to attack in order to retreat. From the water margin.
The origin of Idioms
The third chapter of Chen Chen's Water Margin later biography in Qing Dynasty: "Luan Tingyu couldn't resist it. He shot a shot in vain and lost the battle." Most of them appeared in the chivalrous and historical novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Idiom usage
It can be used as predicate, object and attribute.
Chinese PinYin : xiù huàng yī qiāng
make a gesture of attacking
the enemy approached the walls. jūn lín chéng xià
Abstain from extravagance rather than frugality. jiè shē nìng jiān
initiate the dispatch of contingents of armed men and the mobilization of the masses. xīng shī dòng zhòng
smear one 's body to disguise oneself and eat charcoal to change one 's voice. qī shēn tūn tàn
Time is short and heart is long. rì duǎn xīn cháng