明槍易躲，暗箭難防

• 1 Mandarin
  • 1.1 Etymology
  • 1.2 Proverb
  • 1.3 External links

Mandarin

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traditional

Etymology

Literally: A spear (thrown in) daylight is easy to dodge, (but) an arrow (shot in the) dark is difficult to defend against.

Proverb

明槍易躲，暗箭難防 (traditional, Pinyin míngqiāng yì duǒ, ànjiàn nán fáng, simplified device database))

1. It is easy to dodge an open attack, but difficult to defend against a concealed one.

External links

• Sevenval
• Google hits: .tw