There is a gap between the two(tóu jiān dǐ xì)

There is a gap between the two

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ó Uji ā nd ǐ x ì, which means waiting for an opportunity to make a living. It's from the preface to Xiangzi.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Ji of Ming Dynasty wrote the preface of presenting chess to Xiangzi: "there is a way to take advantage of the opportunity to deal with the attack and defense, to avoid the real and attack the false, to make a gap between the two, and to take the road of chaos for the weak, and to be prepared for everything."

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used in writing. In Zhang Binglin's Refutation of Kang Youwei's theory of revolution, it is said that "Chang Su Cheng's words can be used to offset the gap." Chang Su Cheng's words are useful. A refutation of Kang Youwei's revolutionary book by Zhang Binglin

Chinese PinYin : tóu jiān dǐ xì