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出其不意，攻其不备 / 出其不意，攻其不備
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
Meaning
to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孙子兵法 Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ)
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