彼竭我盈

Chinese

		that; those; (one) another)	exhaust	I; me	full; filled; surplus
trad. (彼竭我盈)		彼	竭	我	盈
simp. #(彼竭我盈)		彼	竭	我	盈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǐjiéwǒyíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄥˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǐjiéwǒyíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˇ ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄛˇ ㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǐjiéwǒyíng
    • Wade–Giles: pi³-chieh²-wo³-ying²
    • Yale: bǐ-jyé-wǒ-yíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: biijyewooyng
    • Palladius: бицзевоин (biczevoin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ³⁵ wɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹ iŋ³⁵/

Idiom

彼竭我盈

1. the enemy's courage is running out and one's own is high

   • 彼竭我盈，故克之。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Bǐ jié wǒ yíng, gù kè zhī. [Pinyin]

     When the enemy's courage ran out, ours was still high and so we won.