知己知彼
Traditional form:
知己知彼
Pinyin (reading):
zhījǐzhībǐ
Definitions:
- know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法／孙子兵法 ( Sūnzǐ Bīngfǎ))
Characters:
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 彼 - that, those, the other
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