出其不意,攻其不備
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Chinese
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]
to
take
somebody
by
surprise
; to
catch
somebody
unawares
to
attack
when the
enemy
is
unprepared
trad.
(
出其不意,攻其不備
)
出其不意
,
攻其不備
simp.
(
出其不意,攻其不备
)
出其不意
,
攻其不备
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
chū qí bù yì, gōng qí bù bèi
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ , ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
ceot
1
kei
4
bat
1
ji
3
, gung
1
kei
4
bat
1
bei
6
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
chū qí bù yì, gōng qí bù bèi
[Phonetic: chū qí
bú
yì, gōng qí
bú
bèi]
Zhuyin
:
ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ , ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄅㄟˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
chu cí bù yì, gong cí bù bèi
Wade–Giles
:
chʻu
1
chʻi
2
pu
4
i
4
, kung
1
chʻi
2
pu
4
pei
4
Yale
:
chū chí bù yì-, gūng chí bù bèi
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
chu chyi bu yih, gong chyi bu bey
Palladius
:
чу ци бу и, гун ци бу бэй
(ču ci bu i, gun ci bu bɛj)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
ceot
1
kei
4
bat
1
ji
3
, gung
1
kei
4
bat
1
bei
6
Yale
:
ch
ē
ut kèih b
ā
t yi, g
ū
ng kèih b
ā
t beih
Cantonese Pinyin
:
tsoet
7
kei
4
bat
7
ji
3
, gung
1
kei
4
bat
7
bei
6
Guangdong Romanization
:
cêd
1
kéi
4
bed
1
yi
3
, gung
1
kéi
4
bed
1
béi
6
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/t͡sʰɵt̚⁵ kʰei̯
²¹
pɐt̚⁵ jiː³³ kʊŋ
⁵⁵
kʰei̯
²¹
pɐt̚⁵ pei̯²²/
Idiom
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出其不意,攻其不備
Synonym of
攻其無備,出其不意
/
攻其无备,出其不意
(
gōng qí wú bèi, chū qí bù yì
,
“
to
catch
somebody
unprepared
; to
take
somebody by
surprise
”
)
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:
Mandarin words containing 不 undergoing tone sandhi
Chinese lemmas
Mandarin lemmas
Cantonese lemmas
Chinese four-character idioms
Mandarin four-character idioms
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Chinese idioms
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