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引而不发

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 and words in 引而不发

yǐn = y + (e)n3
to draw (e.g. a bow) / to pull / to stretch sth / to extend / to lengthen / to involve or implicate in / to attract / to lead / to guide / to leave / to provide evidence or justification for / old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
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ér = Ø + Ø2
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
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= bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
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= f + a1
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
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= f + a4
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Words with 引而不发

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Sentences with 引而不发

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