yǐ yì dài láo

Traditional: 以逸待勞

以逸待劳 (yǐ yì dài láo) is a Chinese word meaning “to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy; to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
  2. 2to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)

Characters in 以逸待劳

以yǐ · to use逸yì · (bound form) to flee; to escape待dāi · to stay; to remain劳láo · (bound form) to toil; labor

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