知彼知己,百战不殆

zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài

knowing the enemy and yourself will get you unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War")

知

zhī

to know

彼

bǐ

that

知

zhī

to know

己

jǐ

self

,

,

百

bǎi

hundred

战

zhàn

to fight

不

bù

no; not so

殆

dài

(literary) dangerous; perilous