逡巡不前

to hesitate to move forward / to balk / to jib

to shrink back (from sth)

to draw back / to move back and forth / to hesitate / in an instant

to patrol / to make one's rounds / classifier for rounds of drinks

variant of 巡[xun2]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

front / forward / ahead / first / top (followed by a number) / future / ago / before / BC (e.g. 前293年) / former / formerly