以逸待劳 in English yi3 yi4 dai4 lao2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
  • to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

以 逸 待 劳

Traditional Characters

以 逸 待 勞

Pinyin

yi3 yi4 dai4 lao2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

以yi3old variant of 以[yi3] 逸yi4to escape 待dai4to stay 劳lao2to toil