Bì qí ruìqì, jī qí duò guī.

避其銳氣, 擊其惰歸。

Lit Avoid [your enemy]'s fighting spirit [and] attack [when] his [morale is] declining.

Fig Avoid the enemy when his morale is high, and strike him when his morale is flagging.

Note [Cf. Sūnzǐ's Bīngfǎ (The Art of War): Jūn Zhēng.]

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