以饱待饑 (以飽待饑) yǐ bǎo dài jī

yǐ bǎo dài jī phrase to be well fed in wait for a starving [enemy]
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Notes: Quote: from the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 7 (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Giles 1910, p. 67)