知己知彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ

know yourself and your enemy well

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 28223rd word

Definitions

  1. 1. know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法sūn zǐ bīng fǎ)

Characters

Character Meaning
知 zhī HSK 2
to know; to be aware
己 jǐ HSK 3
self; oneself
知 zhī HSK 2
to know; to be aware
彼 bǐ HSK 5
that; those; (one) another