turn round on one 's gallopingsteed and aim an arrow at(pán mǎ wān gōng)

turn round on one 's gallopingsteed and aim an arrow at

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p á nm ǎ w ā ng ō ng, meaning galloping horse circling, bow to shoot; describes putting on a posture, ready to fight; after the metaphor, so do amazing posture, in fact, not immediately action. From "pheasant with arrow".

The origin of Idioms

Han Yu's poem "pheasant with arrow" in Tang Dynasty: "if the general wants to subdue people with skill, he will bow and bow, but he will not send."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning. example I don't know that Yuan Shikai's cursory action is just enough to fight and pull the people's army. The changes of the sixties by Li Liuru

Idiom story

In the Tang Dynasty, Han Yu, who had lost his parents since childhood, was diligent and eager to learn under the support of his sister-in-law. At the age of 25, he was admitted to the imperial examination. At that time, he could not be appointed as a senior official. He could only serve as a pusher under Zhang Jian, the military governor. He went with Zhang Jian to hunt pheasants and improvised the poem "pheasants with arrows": "the fire of the original head hunts quietly, but the pheasants fear that the eagles will disappear. If the general wants to subdue people with skill, he will bend his horse and bow, but he will not

Chinese PinYin : pán mǎ wān gōng