zhī jǐ zhī bǐ

知己知彼 (zhī jǐ zhī bǐ) is a Chinese word meaning “know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])”.

Meanings

  1. 1know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])

Characters in 知己知彼

知zhī · to know己jǐ · self知zhī · to know彼bǐ · that

Related words

知道to know; to become aware of自己oneself; (attributive) one's own知to know通知to notify彼此each other; one another不知not to know彼得Peter (name)得知to find out一无所知(idiom) not knowing anything at all; completely ignorant知识knowledge告知to inform; to notify先知a person of foresight

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