Chinese–English

引而不发

yǐn ér bù fā · yin er bu fa

Traditional 引而不發

Meaning

CC-CEDICT

to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action
to go through the motions
to practice
a trial run

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