attack as a means of defense

attack as a means of defense

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ g ō NGW é ISH ǒ u, which means to attack as a means of defense. It comes from zuogulun I. Xianzhu.

The origin of Idioms

According to Chen Liang of Song Dynasty, in the book of zuogulun I. Xianzhu, "taking attack as defense, taking defense as attack, the change of this army is also inevitable."

Analysis of Idioms

To retreat is to advance; to bend is to extend; to defend is to attack

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, adverbial and object. It is used in battle, politics, etc. In this football match, the home team adopted the tactics of attack as defense. In the history of the Song Dynasty, Vol. 402, biography of an Bing, it is said that "when the party negotiated peace, C only warned the officers and soldiers, threatened suspicions and drank falsely, and defended by attack, his voice was very powerful. 」