出其不意，攻其不备
chū​qí​bù​yì​gōng​qí​bù​bèi

to catch an enemy off guard

  • created sense approved 出其不意，攻其不备/出其不意，攻其不備 · chū​qí​bù​yì​gōng​qí​bù​bèi · to catch an enemy off guard — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    出其不意，攻其不备 / 出其不意，攻其不備

    chū​qí​bù​yì​gōng​qí​bù​bèi

    to catch an enemy off guard

    To catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack; an idiom from Sunzi's "The Art of War" [[孙子兵法|孫子兵法|sun1 zi3 bing1 fa3]]

    出其不意 (literal) → 出其不意 · chū​qí​bù​yì · to take someone by surprise ， (non_chinese) 攻其不备 (literal) → 攻其不备/攻其不備 · gōng​qí​bù​bèi · to catch someone off guard

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