lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom); fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
trad. 賠了夫人又折兵
Also written 賠了夫人又折兵【péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng】
Characters in this word
7赔
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to compensate for loss, to indemnify, to suffer a financial loss
- Pinyin
- péi
- Traditional
- 賠
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 7624 of 2500
了
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(completed action marker), (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now), (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
- Pinyin
- le
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4 of 2500
夫
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husband, man, manual worker, conscripted laborer (old)
- Pinyin
- fū
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 4038 of 2500
人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
又
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(once) again, also, both... and..., and yet, (used for emphasis) anyway
- Pinyin
- yòu
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 100 of 2500
折
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to snap, to break (a stick, a bone etc), (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
- Pinyin
- shé
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 13237 of 2500
兵
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soldiers, a force, an army, weapons, arms, military, warlike, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4822 of 2500