知彼知己 zhī bǐ zhī jǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

CHARACTERS

知 zhī
HSK 2
know, perceive, comprehend
彼 bǐ
HSK 5
that, there, those
知 zhī
HSK 2
know, perceive, comprehend
己 jǐ
HSK 3
self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem