Expect the enemy to win

Expect the enemy to win

Anticipating the enemy to win is a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is I à OD í zh à sh è ng. The explanation is to judge the enemy's situation accurately and win the victory.

Idiom explanation

To judge the enemy's situation accurately and win the victory.

Idioms and allusions

It comes from Sun Tzu's terrain written by Sun Wu in the spring and Autumn period of Qi Dynasty: "to anticipate the enemy's victory, to plan the danger, to plan the distance and the distance, is also the general's way." Yang Xiong's Ode to the state of Zhao Chong in Han Dynasty said: "in anticipation of the enemy's victory, the enemy's power was overwhelming, so he conquered Gu Rong and returned his teacher to Beijing."

Discrimination of words

For example, in Tang Shunzhi's Sansha thief Dunshu of the Ming Dynasty: "the officials are not able to predict the enemy's victory, and they are not able to supervise and encourage the generals. If they are appointed, they will be punished first."