Learning Chinese starts with basic single characters, but the next step is combining them into words. To go even further, mastering idioms is the challenge. Here, we offer free resources to help you explore advanced Chinese idioms. Today’s idiom is 「按兵不舉」, explained below.
Here’s the idiom 「按兵不舉」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Still keep the troops in place.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
àn bīng bù jǔ
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
on3 bing1 bat1 geui2
Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.

