不战不和

不戰不和
búzhàn-bùhé
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 neither at war nor at peace
  2. 2 in a state of frozen standoff

Examples

HSK 7-9
Liǎng guó biānjìng xiànrù búzhàn-bùhé de zhuàngtài.
The two countries' border has fallen into a state of neither war nor peace.
HSK 7-9
Tánpàn pòliè hòu, shuāngfāng jìnrù búzhàn-bùhé de jiāngjú.
After negotiations broke down, both sides entered a no-war-no-peace stalemate.

Tips

usage
A four-character set phrase with classic A-B-A-C symmetry (不X不Y). Often used about international relations and labor disputes - situations that are formally unresolved but actively hostile.

Stroke Order

不 bù
战 zhàn
和 hé