look about and make no move
Wait and see, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ā NW à NGB à Qi á n, meaning that when things are still difficult to determine, with indecisive mood, observe the development of things, temporarily not forward. It comes from the biography of xinlingjun in historical records.
interpretation
Not forward: dare not go forward. When things are still difficult to determine, with indecisive mood, to observe the development of things, temporarily not forward.
source
Sima Qian's biography of xinlingjun in historical records in the Western Han Dynasty: "it's called rescuing Zhao, and it's actually holding both ends to wait and see."
Examples
One after another, he learned about his brother Huan's secret book and taught him not to enter the court. He would die if he entered the court. The more scared he became. (Chapter 6 of the romance of the Five Dynasties by Cai Dongfan)
Chinese PinYin : guān wàng bù qián
look about and make no move
have no other intention until death. zhī sǐ mǐ tā