出其不意,攻其不备

出其不意,攻其不备
chū,gōngbèi

to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])

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MEANING

MEANING

  1. adverb

    to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])

    • We caught the enemy off guard, attacking them when they were unprepared, and defeated them.

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CHARACTER ANALYSIS

A sprout reaching up out of the ground hole is the meaning of 'come out' or 'emerge'.

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