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出其不意，攻其不备

chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi

9-character word Traditional 出其不意，攻其不備

What 出其不意，攻其不备 means

1. to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" {孙子兵法|Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ})

The characters in 出其不意，攻其不备

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 攻gōngto attack; to accuse; to study
• 其qíhis; her; its
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 备bèi(bound form) to prepare; to equip; (literary) fully; completely