( 67 ) 谚语 proverb : 知彼知己，百战不殆。Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.

 

 

谚语 proverb:

知彼知己，百战不殆。
Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.

 

出处 source：《孙子 * 谋攻篇》
作者 author：苏武
朝代 dinasty：先秦 ( 前 before 221 年year)

 

意思 meaning：
了解对方的情况，
To understand each other's situation,

 

也了解本身的情况，
also know own situation,

 

就算去作战百次都不会失败。
even to battle hundred times will not fail.

 

劝告 advice：
凡事能充分地了解各方面的情况，
fully understand all the situations or aspects of everything,

 

那么做起事来就通畅无阻了。
so to get things done smoothly without obstacles / blocks.

 

生词 vocabulary :

 

了解 / 知道 know
了解 / 明白 understand
敌人 enemy
通畅 unobstructed = 顺利 smoothly
战斗 fight (动词 verb )
战斗 battles (名词 noun)
百 hundred  
次 times          hundred times 百次
无 without
殆 / 失败 defeat / fail
情况 situation
凡事 everything
阻碍 obstacles / blocks
就算 / 即使 even