出其不意，攻其無備

Chinese

		to take somebody by surprise; to catch somebody unawares		to attack when the enemy is unprepared
trad. (出其不意，攻其無備)		出其不意	，	攻其無備
simp. (出其不意，攻其无备)		出其不意	，	攻其无备

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chū qí bù yì, gōng qí wú bèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ , ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨˊ ㄅㄟˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chū qí bù yì, gōng qí wú bèi [Phonetic: chū qí bú yì, gōng qí wú bèi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄨ ㄑㄧˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄧˋ , ㄍㄨㄥ ㄑㄧˊ ㄨˊ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chu cí bù yì, gong cí wú bèi
    • Wade–Giles: chʻu¹ chʻi² pu⁴ i⁴, kung¹ chʻi² wu² pei⁴
    • Yale: chū chí bù yì-, gūng chí wú bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chu chyi bu yih, gong chyi wu bey
    • Palladius: чу ци бу и, гун ци у бэй (ču ci bu i, gun ci u bɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ i⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ u³⁵ peɪ̯⁵¹/

Idiom

出其不意，攻其無備

1. 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”)