出其不意，攻其不备

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to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3])

Characters and words in 出其不意，攻其不备

出
chu̅ = chu + Ø1
to go out / to come out / to occur / to produce / to go beyond / to rise / to put forth / to happen / (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) / classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出 = 屮 + 凵 : Mnemonic symbol: 出 tilted 90 degrees looks like "EE". "EE" is an abbreviation for "emergency exit". In front of the space station (Ø1) Chantal Chicken (chu) plugged her thornbush (屮) into a receptacle (凵), but it short circuited and immediately caught fire. Chantal has no option but to use the emergency exit (出) she came out of to go back into the space station.
出
齣
chu̅ = chu + Ø1
variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)
其
qí = qi + Ø2
his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)
其 = 目 + 八 : Looks like a watchtower. The Queen of Hearts is on lookout on the watchtower just inside the space station's entrance. The Eye of Providence helps her to look out for intruders. They also spread some eight balls for possible intruders to trip on.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
(negative prefix) / not / no
不 = 丆 + 卜 : Bruno Bear (bu) is setting up a wind wheel (丆) with a voodoo staff (卜) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). He also puts a "forbidden" sign (mnemonic symbol for 不) on it, to make clear that it may not (不) be stopped.
不
bù = bu + Ø4
no; not so / (bound form) not; un-
出
其
不
意
to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
不
意
unexpectedly / unawareness / unpreparedness
意
yì = y + Ø4
Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]
意 = 心 + 音 : Maud Younger had a desire for new loudspeakers ever since she boarded the space station. Today she wants to anticipate what will be in the next supply shipment, so in the bathroom she stares into her crystal ball, and indeed sees the desired loudspeakers. She falls in love instantly, feeling her heart pounding heavily.
意
yì = y + Ø4
idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate
意 = 心 + 音 : Maud Younger had a desire for new loudspeakers ever since she boarded the space station. Today she wants to anticipate what will be in the next supply shipment, so in the bathroom she stares into her crystal ball, and indeed sees the desired loudspeakers. She falls in love instantly, feeling her heart pounding heavily.
意
yì = y + Ø4
Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])
攻
go̅ng = gu + (e)ng1
to attack / to accuse / to study
攻 = 工 + 攵 : In front of the engine, Gitta Giraffe attacks a steel beam using a sledge hammer. Who will win???
攻
攻
其
其
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不
备
備
see 出其不意，攻其不備|出其不意，攻其不备[chu1 qi2 bu4 yi4 , gong1 qi2 bu4 bei4]
不
不
备
備
unprepared / off guard
备
俻
bèi = b + ei4
variant of 備|备[bei4]
备 = 夂 + 田 : Beelzebub prepared a field of high heels in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He wants to shock any person entering the bathroom with society's expectations towards what people should wear on their feet.
备
備
bèi = b + ei4
to prepare / get ready / to provide or equip
备 = 夂 + 田 : Beelzebub prepared a field of high heels in the Eiffel Tower's bathroom. He wants to shock any person entering the bathroom with society's expectations towards what people should wear on their feet.
备
備
bèi = b + ei4
(bound form) to prepare; to equip / (literary) fully; in every possible way

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