彼を知り己を知れば、百戦殆からず
かれをしりおのれをしれば、ひゃくせんあやうからず
Meanings
- Expression if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy (from Sun Tzu's The Art of War)
Kanji
- 彼 he. Read as かれ.
- 知 know. Read as しる.
- 己 oneself. Read as おのれ.
- 百 hundred. Read as ヒャク.
- 戦 war. Read as セン.
- 殆 almost; quite; really