兵不厭詐 bīng bù yàn zhà

all's fair in war

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. all's fair in war
  2. 2. there can never be too much deception in war
  3. 3. in war nothing is too deceitful

Characters

Character Meaning
兵 bīng HSK 5
soldiers; military; weapons
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
厭 yàn
to loathe
詐 zhà
to cheat; to swindle; to pretend