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以逸待劳

yǐyìdàiláo

Traditional: 以逸待勞

to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy / to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)

Character Breakdown

以
yǐ
according to; so as to; because of; then
HSK 2
逸
yì
to flee, to escape, to break loose
待
dài
to entertain, to receive, to treat; to delay, to wait
HSK 5
劳
láo
to labor, to toil; to do manual work
HSK 5

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