build high forts and dig deep ditches

build high forts and dig deep ditches

The Chinese idiom g ā ol ě sh ē ng ō u in pinyin means to build a high barrier and dig a deep trench to defend. It's from Sun Tzu's virtual reality.

The origin of Idioms

"Sun Tzu · Xu Shi" says: "although the enemy is in a deep ditch, those who have to fight with us will be saved if they attack."

Discrimination of words

A wall built around a military camp. Trench: trench. Build high barriers and dig deep trenches.

Idiom usage

The seventh volume of the romance of the generals of the Yang family written by Wu Mingshi of Ming Dynasty: "since my father's nighttime dream is ominous and he can't stop fighting, how can I sit in his old division?"