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[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])
trad. 知己知彼，百戰不殆
Also written 知己知彼，百戰不殆【zhī jǐ zhī bǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài】
Characters in this word
7知
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to know, to be aware
- Pinyin
- zhī
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 3344 of 2500
己
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self, oneself, sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1], sixth in order, letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc, hexa
- Pinyin
- jǐ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 7684 of 2500
彼
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that, those, (one) another
- Pinyin
- bǐ
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 21417 of 2500
百
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surname Bai
- Pinyin
- Bǎi
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 14161 of 2500
战
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to fight, fight, war, battle
- Pinyin
- zhàn
- Traditional
- 戰
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8382 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
殆
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(literary) dangerous; perilous, (literary) almost; well-nigh
- Pinyin
- dài
- Strokes
- 9