strike an attitude of half-declining and half-accepting so as to provoke the other party to greater or more ardent efforts or to a more agreeable offer

strike an attitude of half-declining and half-accepting so as to provoke the other party to greater or more ardent efforts or to a more agreeable offer

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B à NTU à B à NJI à, which means to push back and get closer at the same time. It is used to describe the appearance of pretending to refuse. From the romance of the Western chamber.

Citation explanation

Push: push away; just: close up. It means willing in the heart but refusing on the surface. The first discount of the fourth book of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty: "half push, half startle and half love, TANKOU looks for fragrant gills." "the second moment makes a surprise": brother Li Fang takes it with half a push. Cheng Chaofeng is not busy, see received silver, know that there is a mechanism. Chapter 40 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "Yuanyang is also half pushed. After thanking you for sitting down, you will sit down." The third chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty: it's better to learn from the reality than to delay the time. The fourth chapter of Li Baojia's the appearance of officialdom in Qing Dynasty. Inspector Hu also sat down with half a push.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: hypocritical, pretentious, half true and half false [antonym]: refuse people thousands of miles, refuse guests behind closed doors, politely refuse

Idiom usage

As far as I'm concerned, it's better to be honest than to learn the idiom. The third chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

The first discount of the fourth volume of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty: "half push, half push, half shock and half love, TANKOU finds fragrant gills."