look about and make no move

look about and make no move

Wait and see, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Gu ā NW à NGB à Qi á n, meaning that when things are still difficult to determine, with indecisive mood, observe the development of things, temporarily not forward. It comes from the biography of xinlingjun in historical records.

interpretation

Not forward: dare not go forward. When things are still difficult to determine, with indecisive mood, to observe the development of things, temporarily not forward.

source

Sima Qian's biography of xinlingjun in historical records in the Western Han Dynasty: "it's called rescuing Zhao, and it's actually holding both ends to wait and see."

Examples

One after another, he learned about his brother Huan's secret book and taught him not to enter the court. He would die if he entered the court. The more scared he became. (Chapter 6 of the romance of the Five Dynasties by Cai Dongfan)