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以逸待劳

yǐyìdàiláo

to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy

2 meanings

MEANING2 meanings

壹动verb
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
- 。
  We should conserve our strength and wait for the enemy to exhaust themselves.
貳动verb
to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
- ，。
  We conserve our strength and wait for the right moment.

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以逸待劳

Traditional以逸待勞

yǐyìdàiláo

to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy

2 meanings

MEANING2 meanings

壹动verb
to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
- 。
  We should conserve our strength and wait for the enemy to exhaust themselves.
貳动verb
to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
- ，。
  We conserve our strength and wait for the right moment.

解字

CHARACTER ANALYSIS

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人(person; human (pictographic))RADICAL

A person holding a tool means "to use" or "to take" in order to work.

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