引而不发 (引而不發) yǐn ér bù fà
yǐn ér bù fà
set phrase
to pull the bow without shooting (idiom from Mencius); ready and waiting for action; to go through the motions; to practice
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '引而不發')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 盡心上 Jin Xin I Mencius 孟子 — count: 1
- 卷二百八十二 列傳第一百七十 儒林一 Volume 282 Biographies 170: Confucian Scholars 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 《盡心章句上》 Commentary on Jin Xin I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
- 《雍也第六》 Commentary on Yong Ye VI Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
Collocations
- 君子引而不发 (君子引而不發) 君子引而不發 — Mencius 孟子, 盡心上 Jin Xin I — count: 2