不如按兵不动 看看他
“I prefer to stay put and wait. I'll see how he's going to play his game.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“If I panicked, what would that change?”
不如 按兵不动 看看 他
“I prefer to stay put and wait. I'll see how he's going to play his game.”
究竟打算如何走这局棋
“I'll see how he's going to play his game.”
“Let us wait and watch him expose his hand first.”
Rooted in classic Chinese military and political strategy, holding back and reacting to an opponent's initial error is often prized over premature aggression.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
it would be better to; why not
Used to introduce an alternative suggestion or a better course of action.
hold back one's troops; bide one's time
An idiom used when deciding to wait patiently and take no immediate action while observing developments.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Then I'll stay low for a while to avoid alerting him.”
“He's so unpredictable.”
“No. You can barely stand. This is an order.”
“Military Secretary Wang, calm down!”
“Don't move!”
“You'd be better off surrendering obediently.”