避其锐气，击其惰归
Traditional form:
避其銳氣，擊其惰歸
Pinyin (reading):
bìqíruìqì,jīqíduòguī
Definitions:
- avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)
Characters:
- 避 - to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 锐 - sharp, pointed; keen, acute
- 气 - air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
- 击 - to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 惰 - lazy, idle, indolent; careless
- 归 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert
Traditional characters:
- 避 - to avoid, to turn away; to escape, to hide
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 銳 - sharp, pointed; keen, acute
- 氣 - air, gas; steam, vapor; anger
- 擊 - to strike, to hit, to beat; to attack, to fight
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 惰 - lazy, idle, indolent; careless
- 歸 - to return, to go back; to return to, to revert