引而不发
Traditional form:
引而不發
Pinyin (reading):
yǐn'érbùfā
Definitions:
- to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action
- to go through the motions
- to practice
- a trial run
Characters:
- 引 - to pull, to stretch; to draw; to attract
- 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
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