bīng​bù​yàn​zhà

all is fair in war

  • created sense approved 兵不厌诈/兵不厭詐 · bīng​bù​yàn​zhà · all is fair in war — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    兵不厌诈 / 兵不厭詐

    bīng​bù​yàn​zhà

    all is fair in war

    nothing is too deceitful in war; deceptive tactics are used without hesitation to achieve victory in battle

    bīng​bú​yàn​zhà

    兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · warfare 不厌 (literal) → 不厌/不厭 · bù​yàn · to not rule out 诈 (literal) → 诈/詐 · zhà · to feign

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

    created sense