按兵不动

to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time

to press / to push / to leave aside or shelve / to control / to restrain / to keep one's hand on / to check or refer to / according to / in the light of / (of an editor or author) to make a comment

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]

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

motionless

(of sth) to move / to set in movement / to displace / to touch / to make use of / to stir (emotions) / to alter / abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb