避实击虚 (避實擊虛) bì shí jī xū

bì shí jī xū set phrase avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Quote: from the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 6 (tr. by Giles 1910, p. 53; Guoyu '避實擊虛')

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• 卷一百零八　　　列傳第三十三　　　　劉仁軌　裴行儉子:光庭　稹　玄孫:均　婁師德 Volume 108 Biographies 33: Liu Rengui, Pei Xingjian and sons: Guang Ting, Zhen, great great grandson: Jun, Lou Shide New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
• 卷一百一十八　　列傳第四十三　　　　張韋韓宋辛二李裴 Volume 118 Biographies 43: Zhang, Wei, Han, Song, Xi, two Li's, Pei New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
• 卷二百 列傳第八十八 姚鏌 張嵿 伍文定 蔡天祐 詹榮 劉天和 楊守禮 張岳 郭宗臯 趙時春 Volume 200 Biographies 88: Yao Mo, Zhang 嵿, Wu Wending, Cai Tianyou, Zhan Rong, Liu Tianhe, Yang Shouli, Zhang Yue, Guo Zonggao, Zhao Shichun History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
• 卷一百五十七　列傳第四十四: 劉秉忠 張文謙 郝經 Volume 157 Biographies 44: Liu Bingzhong, Zhang Wenqian, Hao Jing History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1

Collocations

• 兵法避实击虚 (兵法避實擊虛) 兵法避實擊虛 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百零八　　　列傳第三十三　　　　劉仁軌　裴行儉子:光庭　稹　玄孫:均　婁師德 Volume 108 Biographies 33: Liu Rengui, Pei Xingjian and sons: Guang Ting, Zhen, great great grandson: Jun, Lou Shide — count: 2