by surprise(chū qí bù yì)

by surprise

Unexpected, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ū Q í B ù y ì, originally refers to the unexpected action of others. After the pan pointed out that the other side did not expect. It's from the art of war of Sun Tzu.

The origin of Idioms

"Sun Tzu Ji Pian": "attack it unprepared, surprise."

Idioms and allusions

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and pacified the north. Gao Gan became the king of Bingzhou. Wei Gu and fan Xian of Hedong claimed to be the prefect on the surface, but actually communicated with Gao Gan secretly. Cao Cao did not let them be the prefect. Du Ji was the prefect of Hedong. Du Ji said that he went to the post alone, which surprised Wei Gu, and then divided them to consolidate his position.

Idiom usage

It refers to the unexpected action of the passenger. Pang Shen's biography in the book of the later Han Dynasty: if a good animal takes advantage of his depression and takes the unexpected attack, he will be avenged by the people on the other side and will be ashamed to go north. The second volume of Tang Zhiyan written by Wang Dingbao in the Five Dynasties: "if you forget too many noble people, and your country's scholars are in trouble, you will be surprised, stand side by side with you, look at each other, and the public will regret and thank you. Can you make your servant more beautiful than you?" In Chapter 12 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong of the Ming Dynasty, Tao gongzu sent Cao mengde to Xuzhou three times to fight Lv Bu: Xue LAN and Li Feng were surprised and had to lead soldiers out of the city to fight. Chapter 56 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms "when the LORD goes out of the city to work, he takes advantage of the situation and comes to the city to attack him unprepared and surprise him." The 45th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "the land is full of trees, and there are many mountains and rocks. Several cars are not feasible, so we must solve them. If you ambush here and take it by surprise, you can make Qin's generals as prisoners. " Lin Mengchu, Ming Dynasty. Volume 4 of the second quarter of the story is very late today. This old man must be at home. He must be surrounded by soldiers at this time. Only by surprise can he not be lost.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: unexpected, unexpected Antonyms: expected, unexpected

Chinese PinYin : chū qí bù yì