make a correct assessment of the situation(jiàn kě ér jìn，zhī nán ér tuì)

make a correct assessment of the situation

Advance when you can see it, retreat when you know it. Its pronunciation is Ji à NK à é RJ à n, zh à n á n é RTU à. It means to decide to attack and retreat according to the actual situation.

Source: Han XunYue's "Han Ji · Gao Di Ji": "Zhao Bing goes abroad to fight, advances when he can see, retreats when he is faced with difficulties, and has the heart of looking inside. He has no plan to die." example: the minister also heard that the sage did not stick to things, and that his reason was flexible and his feelings were not inflexible. Shao Bowen, Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : jiàn kě ér jìn，zhī nán ér tuì