知彼知己，百战不殆

zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

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1. knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)

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Child Words of 知彼知己，百战不殆

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 百 百 bǎi: hundred
• 知己 知己 zhī jǐ: to know oneself
• 己 己 jǐ: self
• 彼 彼 bǐ: that
• 战 战 zhàn: to fight
• 殆 殆 dài: (literary) dangerous; perilous
• 百战不殆 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 知 zhī: to know
• 知彼知己 知彼知己 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ: to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)