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知彼知己，百战不殆

zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

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Definitions

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

Child Words of 知彼知己，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

知彼知己
zhī bǐ zhī jǐ

to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's \The Art of War\)