汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 虛晃一槍
xiù huàng yī qiāng
虛晃一槍 (虚晃一枪)
make a gesture of attacking / a make-believe thrust
Describes pretending to attack in order to retreat
虚 (虛) xū 晃 huǎng/huàng 一 yī 枪 (槍) qiāng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

当然，我们现在并没有打算回延安，来个“虚晃一枪，回马便走”。

Of course we don't intend to return to Yenan now, to "make a feint and turn the horse round to retreat".

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