出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第229页(262字)
形容战事顺利,未经血战,便获得胜利,例我们希望在战争中尽量少动干戈,若能兵不血刃而取得胜利则是上策。
We hope that in this battle a minimum amount of fighting will be needed.Of course,if we could be victorious withou firing a shot,it would be too good to be true.