彼竭我盈

Chinese

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

彼竭我盈

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, circa 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.

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