穷寇勿追 (窮寇勿追) qióng kòu wù zhuī
qióng kòu wù zhuī
set phrase
do not press a cornered enemy
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Quote: idiom formed from the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 7 (retranslated from tr. by Giles 1910, p. 68; Guoyu '窮寇勿追')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 第六十三回 Chapter 63 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
- 卷七十一 皇甫嵩朱儁列傳 Volume 71: Biographies of Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 1
- 第八十九回 Chapter 89 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1