know yourself as well as the enemy(zhī bǐ zhī jǐ)

know yourself as well as the enemy

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ī B ǐ zh ī J ǐ, which means that if we can understand the situation of both sides of the enemy, we can be invincible in a war. I have a good understanding of both sides. It's from Sun Tzu's attack.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: one question, three unknowns

The origin of Idioms

Sun Tzu's attack: "those who know their enemies and friends will win a hundred battles." Meng's note: "it's not dangerous to know the strength and interests of the other and oneself, though a hundred battles."

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, object and attribute in military, commercial, etc. example to deal with the enemy, we must ~, in order to win a hundred battles. The eighth volume of the great Sutra of song and Luo dynasties, Yulin Yulu, says: "Guo Zhonghui said that it's important to be prudent in the use of troops, to know the enemy and friends, to be invincible first, and to wait for the enemy to be victorious, which is also the art of winning a hundred battles." Mao Zedong's "on protracted war" on August 1: "but war is not a divine thing, it is still an inevitable movement in the world. Therefore, the law of Sun Tzu is still a scientific truth," know your enemy and know your friends, and you will win a hundred battles. " Also known as "know yourself and know the other". Yuan Gao Wenxiu "Mianchi meeting" the third fold: "but go to battle to know yourself and the other, if stalemate, thousands of battles, thousands of wins." Lu Xun's "on translation (Part I)" says, "I believe that young people can also see the works of 'imperialists'. This is the so-called' know yourself and know the other 'in the old saying."

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Sun Wu, a military strategist, wrote the book the art of war. He believed that it was the best policy to make the enemy's whole country yield completely, and it was worse to send troops to break that country. We should be good at using stratagem to defeat others without fighting. At the same time, we should know ourselves and the enemy well and never lose a hundred battles. A hundred battles and a hundred victories are not the best. It is only wise to make the enemy yield without fighting.

Chinese PinYin : zhī bǐ zhī jǐ