知彼知己，百战不殆
Traditional form:
知彼知己，百戰不殆
Pinyin (reading):
zhībǐzhījǐ,bǎizhànbùdài
Definitions:
- knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")
Characters:
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 彼 - that, those, the other
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
- 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
- 战 - war, fighting, battle
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 殆 - almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger
Traditional characters:
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 彼 - that, those, the other
- 知 - to know, to perceive, to comprehend
- 己 - self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem
- 百 - one hundred; numerous, many
- 戰 - war, fighting, battle
- 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
- 殆 - almost, probably; danger, peril; to endanger