出其不意
chū​qí​bù​yì

to take someone by surprise

  • created reference approved 出其不意 → 攻其无备/攻其無備 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    出其不意 chū​qí​bù​yì

    攻其无备 / 攻其無備 gōng​qí​wú​bèi

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 出其不意 · chū​qí​bù​yì · to take someone by surprise — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    出其不意

    chū​qí​bù​yì

    to take someone by surprise

    to act when the other party is least expecting it (idiom); to catch someone off guard

    chū​qí​bú​yì

    出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to go out 其 (literal) → 其 · qí · [third-person possessive] 不意 (literal) → 不意 · bù​yì · unawareness

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

    created sense