以逸待勞 [－－－劳]

Jyutping ji5 jat6 doi6 lou4
Pinyin yǐ yì dài láo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
  2. to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    保存​實力​，​等​敵方​疲勞​、​實力​削弱​先​出擊
    to wait at one's ease for an exhausted enemy
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy; to nurture one's strength and bide one's time
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    红军虽弱，却养精蓄锐，以逸待劳。
    紅軍雖弱，卻養精蓄鋭，以逸待勞。
    hóng jūn suī ruò ， què yǎng jīng xù ruì ， yǐ yì dài láo ．
    • But the Red Army, though weak, has conserved its strength and stored up its energy, and is waiting at its ease [for the fatigued enemy].