以逸待勞
yǐ​yì​dài​láo

to wait at one's ease for an exhausted enemy

  • created sense approved 以逸待劳/以逸待勞 · yǐ​yì​dài​láo · to wait at one's ease for an exhausted enemy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    以逸待劳 / 以逸待勞

    yǐ​yì​dài​láo

    to wait at one's ease for an exhausted enemy

    (idiom) to nurture one's strength and bide one's time while the enemy tires themselves out, then strike when they are weak

    以 (literal) → 以 · yǐ · by means of 逸 (literal) → 逸 · yì · leisurely 待 (literal) → 待 · dài · to wait 劳 (literal) → 劳/勞 · láo · fatigue

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense