以逸待勞

Chinese

		to use; according to; so as to to use; according to; so as to; in order to; by; with; because; Israel (abbrev.)	escape; leisurely; outstanding	wait; treat; deal with wait; treat; deal with; need; about; intending to do something; stay; delay	toil
trad. (以逸待勞)		以	逸	待	勞
simp. (以逸待劳)		以	逸	待	劳

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yǐyìdàiláo

  (Zhuyin): ㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄠˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ jat⁶ doi⁶ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yǐyìdàiláo
    • Zhuyin: ㄧˇ ㄧˋ ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄠˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yǐyìdàiláo
    • Wade–Giles: i³-i⁴-tai⁴-lao²
    • Yale: yǐ-yì-dài-láu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yiiyihdaylau
    • Palladius: иидайлао (iidajlao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹⁻⁵³ taɪ̯⁵¹ lɑʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ jat⁶ doi⁶ lou⁴
    • Yale: yíh yaht doih lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ jat⁹ doi⁶ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ yed⁶ doi⁶ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ jɐt̚² tɔːi̯²² lou̯²¹/

Idiom

(deprecated template usage) 以逸待勞

1. to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy; to nurture one's strength and bide one's time

(deprecated template usage)