以佚待劳 (以佚待勞) yǐ yì dài láo

yǐ yì dài láo set phrase to wait at ease while the enemy is toiling
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Notes: Quote: idiom describing a strategy of attacking an exhausted enemy when your own troops are rested from the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 7 (Giles 1910, p. 67; Guoyu '以佚待勞')