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以逸待勞
简 以逸待劳 · 繁 以逸待勞Mandarin · pinyin yǐ yì dài láo
Meanings
- to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
- to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
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3–4–4–2 · yi3 yi4 dai4 lao2
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ji5 jat6 doi6 lou4
Cantonese word readings for 以逸待勞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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ji5 jat6 doi6 lou4
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- (idiomatic) to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy; to nurture one's strength and bide one's time
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