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to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")Sources & editorial notes
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知彼知己 知彼知己 [zhi1 bi3 zhi1 ji3] /to know the enemy and know oneself (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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