知己知彼，百战不殆

zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

Definitions

1. know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])

Child Words of 知己知彼，百战不殆

• 不 bù: no; not so
• 百 bǎi: hundred
• 知己 zhī jǐ: to know oneself
• 己 jǐ: self
• 彼 bǐ: that
• 战 zhàn: to fight
• 殆 dài: (literary) dangerous; perilous
• 百战不殆 bǎi zhàn bù dài: to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ]); to win every fight
• 知 zhī: to know
• 知己知彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ: know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\ 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ])