carefully bide one's time ❍ 必须敌情、地形、人民等条件，都利于我，不利于敌，确有把握而后动手。否则宁可退让，～。(《毛泽东选集》204)We should strike only when positively certain that the enemy's situation,the terrain and popular support are all in our favour and not in his. Otherwise we should rather fall back and carefully bide our time.