make a gesture of attacking

make a gesture of attacking

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is "x ū Hu ǎ ngy ī Qi ā", which means to pretend to attack in order to retreat. From the water margin.

The origin of Idioms

The third chapter of Chen Chen's Water Margin later biography in Qing Dynasty: "Luan Tingyu couldn't resist it. He shot a shot in vain and lost the battle." Most of them appeared in the chivalrous and historical novels of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, object and attribute.