逡巡

qūnxún
  1. to draw back
  2. to move back and forth
  3. to hesitate
  4. in an instant

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to hesitate to move forward; to hang back
  2. to hesitate to move forward; to hang back

Wiktionary

  1. 向後退。《莊子．秋水》：「東海之鱉，左足未入，而右膝已縶矣。於是逡巡而卻。」漢．賈誼〈過秦論〉：「秦人開關而延敵，九國之師，逡巡遁逃而不敢進。」也作「逡循」。
  2. 徘徊不前。
  3. 頃刻之間。

重編國語辭典

因為有所顧慮而徘徊不前甚至退卻；猶豫

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 逡 qūn to shrink back (from sth)
=2 巡 xún
  1. to patrol
  2. to make one's rounds
  3. classifier for rounds of drinks
=2 巡 xún variant of 巡 xún

Containing this entry

逡巡不前 qūnxúnbùqián
  1. to hesitate to move forward
  2. to balk
  3. to jib

Related entries

鞧 qiū
  1. crupper
  2. leather strap
  3. (dialect) to draw back
  4. to shrink
擺弄 bǎinòng
  1. to move back and forth
  2. to fiddle with
佪 huái
  1. irresolute
  2. to move back and forth
擺動 bǎidòng
  1. to sway
  2. to swing
  3. to move back and forth
  4. to oscillate
夷猶 yíyóu to hesitate
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