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Could you please let me know which of these sound right and why the other ones sound wrong? I'm not sure about the difference between 不 and 无.

出其不意,攻其不备

攻其不备,出其不意

攻其无备,出其无意

攻其不备,出其无意

攻其无备,出其不意

都可以用吗

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Usually you can use any of them, but "攻其无备,出其不意" is the best one.

The reason is this word is from 《孙子兵法》, an ancient military book by a famous military strategist Sun Wu(孙武), and it is "攻其无备,出其不意" originally in that book.

Also, in 《现代汉语词典》(第7版), there is "攻其无备,出其不意" under "出其不意" as an example.

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    Art of War, a very famous book :)
    – Soroush
    Feb 16, 2021 at 17:11

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