take advantage of a weak point(chéng xū ér rù)

take advantage of a weak point

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch é NGX ū é RR ù, which means to enter when weak and careless. It also refers to the military attack on the other side where there are no facilities or weak forces. It comes from the 120th chapter of Quji Qiyao written by Zhang Junfang of Song Dynasty.

Idiom usage

More formal; used as predicate; used in military affairs.

Idiom explanation

Take advantage of emptiness and negligence to enter. 1. The first record of emperor in the book of Jin? He said to him, "Wu is not accustomed to water war in China, so he dares to live in Dongguan. When attacking an enemy, he must hold his throat and his heart. Xiakou and Dongguan are the heart and throat of thieves. If it's the army's way to the city of Anhui, leading the power to the East, and the water war army's way to Xiakou, and taking advantage of its emptiness to attack it, this magic weapon will fall from the sky and break it. " (2) volume 120 of "Quji Qiqian" written by Zhang Junfang in Song Dynasty: "when I am about to live, I will take advantage of the situation and enter the court." (3) Chapter 24 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms written by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty: "today Cao Cao's eastward expedition to Liu Xuande, Xu Chang is empty. If he takes advantage of the emptiness, he can protect the emperor and save the people." (4) Chapter 74 of Jing Hua Yuan written by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty: if we can't get along well with each other, we will be lonely first and others will not take advantage of it. take advantage of the void to enter. (1) Liu Ji of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the spring and Autumn Annals of the Ming Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the CAI Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the Wei Dynasty, the (2) Wei Yuan's Shugu Weiyan in the Qing Dynasty: "that is to say, the biography of the false Confucius also took advantage of the extreme disadvantages of Ma Zheng Zhili's conjecture and took advantage of the emptiness to enter."

Idioms and allusions

In the biography of Liu Ye in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Xun asked the reason and said: "although Shangliao is small, the city is strong and the pool is deep, it can't be carried out for ten days, but the soldiers are tired outside and the country is empty. If you attack me by taking advantage of emptiness, you can't defend yourself. It is the general who advances and succumbs to the enemy, and who retreats with no return. If the army will come out, the disaster will come now. " Liu Ye was named Ziyang, a native of Chengde in Huainan, and Emperor Yanhou of Fuling in Guangwu of Han Dynasty. Runan Xu Shao was well-known and avoided Yangzhou, saying that ye had the talent to assist the world. Yang Shiduo is a light knight and cunning. Zheng Bao is the most powerful and fearless. In order to drive the common people across the river to watch, ye Gao's famous people wanted to force Ye envoys to sing and guide this plan. Ye was more than 20 years old. He was worried but not predestined. Huitaizu sent an envoy to Yizhou and asked about the case. Ye, in order to discuss the situation, wanted to return and stop for a few days. Baoguo came from hundreds of people to wait for the envoy, and ye ordered his family to sit outside the middle gate to set up wine and dinner and have a banquet with Baoguo. Miller Jian'er, because of the line cup and treasure. Treasure is not willing to drink, depending on the time is very clear, who dare not drink. Ye took the sabre from himself to kill the treasure. All the people were terrified and went back to camp. Ye Weiqi's trilogy is closely related to Liu Xun, the prefect of Lujiang. At that time, Liu Xun was stronger than Jiang and Huai. Sun CE was evil, and sent envoys to pay exorbitant money. In the book, he said: "the people of Shangliao sect have bullied the people of Xiaguo. They have been angry for years. It's inconvenient to strike. I'm willing to fight because of a big country. Shangliao is very solid. If you get it, you can enrich the country. Please send troops for foreign aid. " In addition, he was pleased with jewelry and ge yue. The outside and the inside congratulated, but ye alone did not. Xun asked his reason and said to him, "although Shangliao is small, the city is strong and the pool is deep. You can't lift it in ten days. If you are tired of going abroad, you will be weak at home. If you attack me by taking advantage of emptiness, you can't defend yourself. It is the general who advances and succumbs to the enemy, and who retreats with no return. If the army will come out, the disaster will come now. " Xun didn't follow. When the troops were launched, they attacked the enemy. Xun was poor, so he went to Taizu. From Taizu to Shouchun, there was mountain bandit Chen CE in the boundary of Lujiang River. Tens of thousands of people were guarding against the danger. The first time to send generals to kill, Mo nengqinke. Taizu asked the group, can cut or not. Ye said: "CE and other small vertical, because of chaos to risk, then dependent on each other for strong ears, not have Jueming life prestige also. The general's capital is light, but China is not barbarian, so he dares to take risks. It's going to be decided today, and we'll take the lead. I fear death and seek reward, but I am ignorant of what I know. How much less the virtue of Minggong, the first to open the reward and enlistment, the soldiers to come, so that the day of the announcement, the army gate opened and the enemy collapsed. " Taizu said with a smile, "your words are near." Then he sent a strong general in the front and a large army in the back, and when he arrived, he conquered the policy, just as ye had done. In the sixth year of Taihe period, he paid homage to Taizhong doctor for his illness. After two years in office, he abdicated and became emperor Hong. His posthumous title was king marquis. (selected from the book of Wei, Volume 14 of the annals of the Three Kingdoms)

Idiom story

In 817 ad, Tang Xianzong appointed Li Yuan, a general with both wisdom and courage, as the governor of the three prefectures of the Tang River. Wu Yuanji, the son of the governor of Huaixi who attacked the rebellion, subdued Ding Shiliang, Li you, Li Zhongyi and other generals successively. Then he took advantage of the enemy's lack of defense to enter caizhou, captured Wu Yuanji alive, and put down the rebellion.

Chinese PinYin : chéng xū ér rù