don 't pursue a beaten enemy(qióng kòu wù zhuī)

don 't pursue a beaten enemy

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ó NGK ò UW ù Zhu ī, which means not to pursue the enemy who has no way to go, so as to avoid the enemy's hasty counterattack and causing his own losses. The metaphor should not be too compelling. It's from Sun Tzu's military struggle.

The origin of Idioms

Sun Tzu's military struggle: "don't force the poor, this is the way to use the army."

Idiom usage

Pang Juan, don't you know how to go back to your teacher? What are you doing after me? (the fourth chapter of Ma Ling Dao by Wu Ming Shi in Yuan Dynasty)

Analysis of Idioms

Do not force the poor

Chinese PinYin : qióng kòu wù zhuī