兵不厌诈 — Chinese idiom
兵不厌诈
bīng bù yàn zhà
Traditional: 兵不厭詐
Meaning
- deception is justified in war
Character by character
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 厌yànto dislike, to detest; to reject; to satiate
- 诈zhàto cheat, to defraud; sly, treacherous
Idioms sharing a character
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
- 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
- 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 兵临城下 bīng lín chéng xià
- 兵荒马乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn
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