halt the troops and wait(àn bīng bù jǔ)

halt the troops and wait

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is à Nb ī NGB ù J ǔ which means to stop the army and wait for the time. From Kai Zhao Jiu Zhong.

Idiom usage

I'm not willing to do it after receiving the task

Examples

Hou Hu said, "Xibo, Hou Jichang is so fond of life. It's hateful! I'm going to wait and see if we can succeed. " The fourth chapter of Feng Shen Yan Yi by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Wu Mingshi's "Kaizhao jiuzhong" the third fold: "you will be a loyal minister and a good general, so it's more poisonous to think that you don't take action." In Ming Dynasty, Wu Mingshi's jingzhongji · hanging the crown: "the father-in-law and son of the Yue family are loyal to the country, kill the Jin people, and walk in the wind. Is there any reason why they should not press the war?"

Analysis of Idioms

Keep still

Antonym: move with the wind

Chinese PinYin : àn bīng bù jǔ