deep trenches and high ramparts

deep trenches and high ramparts

Deep ditch and high base, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ē ng ō UG ā ol ě I, which means digging deep ditch, building high barriers and building solid fortifications. It's from Sun Tzu's virtual reality.

The origin of Idioms

"Sun Tzu · Xu Shi:" so I want to fight, although the enemy is high and deep, those who have to fight with me, attack them and save them. "

Idiom usage

In the biography of the Marquis of Huaiyin in the records of the historian, we should not fight with each other Zheng Tingyu's the Duke of Chu Zhao in Yuan Dynasty. In the seventh chapter of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty, Sun Jian, the grandson of yuan shaopan, fought against Liu Biao by crossing the river: now that he has been defeated, he has no intention of fighting. He can only stay in the deep ditch and high base to avoid his attack. However, it is potential for people to seek advice from Yuan Shao, and this encirclement can be solved. Chapter 76 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong and Cai Yuanfang in the Ming Dynasty: "today's plan is only to fight deep ditches and high bases. Don't fight with Wu. Wait for Sima Bing to arrive, and then fight together."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: deep ditch barrier, deep ditch solid base, deep ditch high wall