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Definition(s) for: 知己知彼

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
知己知彼 zhī jǐ zhī bǐ - know yourself, know your enemy (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 27,897 40,378 36,605

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
知 zhī- to know
- to be aware
己 jǐ- self
- oneself
- sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- sixth in order
- letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
- hexa
知 zhī- to know
- to be aware
彼 bǐ- that
- those
- (one) another

Other Words Containing 知己知彼

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
知己知彼 - - 27,897 40,378 36,605