知彼

Chinese

		to know; to be aware	that; those; (one) another)
simp. and trad. (知彼)		知	彼

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhībǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhībǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhihbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: chih¹-pi³
    • Yale: jr̄-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jybii
    • Palladius: чжиби (čžibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Verb

知彼

1. (literary) to know one's enemy

   • 有一種人，明於知己，暗於知彼，又有一種人，明於知彼，暗於知己，他們都是不能解決戰爭規律的學習和使用的問題的。 [MSC, trad.]
     有一种人，明于知己，暗于知彼，又有一种人，明于知彼，暗于知己，他们都是不能解决战争规律的学习和使用的问题的。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1936, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國革命戰爭的戰略問題》 (Problems of Strategy in China's Revolutionary War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Yǒu yī zhǒng rén, míng yú zhījǐ, àn yú zhībǐ, yòu yǒu yī zhǒng rén, míng yú zhībǐ, àn yú zhījǐ, tāmen dōu shì bùnéng jiějué zhànzhēng guīlǜ de xuéxí hé shǐyòng de wèntí de. [Pinyin]

     Some people are good at knowing themselves and poor at knowing their enemy, and some are the other way round, neither can solve the problem of learning and applying the laws of war.

Derived terms

• 知己知彼 (zhījǐzhībǐ)
• 知彼知己 (zhībǐzhījǐ)

 

See also

• 知己 (zhījǐ)