以逸待劳

Traditional: 以逸待勞

yǐ yì dài láo

Dictionary entry

to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy

What does 以逸待劳 mean?

以逸待劳 (yǐ yì dài láo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy

2to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)

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以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape · (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages) (variant of 佚[yi4])待dāito stay; to remain 劳Láosurname Lao

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以逸待劳

yǐ yì dài láo

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