以逸待劳

Traditional form:

以逸待勞

Pinyin (reading):

yǐyìdàiláo

Definitions:

• to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
• to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)

Characters:

• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 逸 - to flee, to escape, to break loose
• 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
• 劳 - to labor, to toil; to do manual work

Traditional characters:

• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 逸 - to flee, to escape, to break loose
• 待 - to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
• 勞 - to labor, to toil; to do manual work