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以逸待劳

yǐ yì dài láo

4-character word Traditional 以逸待勞

What 以逸待劳 means

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

The characters in 以逸待劳

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 待dàito wait; to treat; to deal with
• 劳láo(bound form) to toil; labor; (bound form) laborer; (bound form) meritorious deed