If you cannot win a battle, retreat.

如果你不能赢得战斗，撤退。

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Scheming in the commander's tent win a battle a thousand li away.

运筹策帏帐之中，决胜千里之外。

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If you can win a battle without having to fight, it's the greatest of all.

即如果你能不用打仗就取得胜利，这才是最大的胜利。

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"The Gulf spill is a tragedy that never should have happened." In the battle to win hearts and minds, BP's newest ad, appears to be winning few converts.

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Each side conducts sacrifices in which they ask the gods for assistance in the battle, sometimes they hope that there will be a favorable omen suggesting they're going to win.

双方会各自进行祭祀,祈求神灵的庇护,有时他们希望得到有利的预兆,告诉他们将取得胜利

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"People are going to see more security." But Steve Coll says the success of the Kandahar offensive really hinges on a psychological battle that will be more difficult to win.

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Not only did Carl Hagelin win a battle for a loose puck with Gonchar along the boards, but Hagelin squirmed past Gonchar and chugged into the Ottawa zone.

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Wright is currently the club's third choice striker behind Aaron Mclean and Craig Mackail-Smith, and admits he faces a battle to win a regular place in the side.

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Hence, perhaps, Mr Chirac's determination, earlier this month, to win his battle for a Frenchman to head, some not-too-distant day, Europe's central bank.

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