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知彼知己

zhī bǐ zhī jǐ

4-character word

What 知彼知己 means

1. to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

The characters in 知彼知己

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 彼bǐthat; those; (one) another
• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 己jǐself; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干

Words starting with 知彼知己

• 知彼知己，百战不殆zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dàiknowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles…