Chinese–English

出其不意，攻其不备

chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi · chu qi bu yi , gong qi bu bei

Traditional 出其不意，攻其不備

Meaning

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

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