以逸待劳 (yǐ yì dài láo) | Meaning: to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push养精蓄锐yǎng jīng xù ruì

strike a proper balance between work and rest · alternate tension with relaxation一张一弛yī zhāng yī chí

to hold back one's troops without moving (idiom); to bide one's time按兵不动àn bīng bù dòng

to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy · to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)