避其锐气，击其惰归
bì​qí​ruì​qì​jī​qí​duò​guī

avoid the enemy when fresh and strike when tired

  1. 避 bì verb
    to avoid
    to dodge; to shun; to evade; to escape or hide from; to withdraw from (e.g. society or a formal setting)
  2. 其 qí pronoun
    [third-person possessive]
    his; her; its; their; refers back to a person or thing mentioned previously
  3. 锐气 銳氣 ruì​qì
    drive
    acute spirit; aggressiveness; pep; a dash or vigor that pushes one forward
  4. ， jī
    non-Chinese
  5. 击 擊 jī verbnoun
    to attack
    (bound form) to attack; to assault; to raid
  6. 其 qí pronoun
    [third-person possessive]
    his; her; its; their; refers back to a person or thing mentioned previously
  7. 惰 duò adjective
    lazy
    (bound form) lazy; indolent; idle
  8. 归 歸 guī verb
    to return
    To return; to go back to; to come back from a distance.