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赔了夫人又折兵
赔了夫人又折兵
lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
- ，。
He lost his wife and his soldiers too, and he truly gained nothing while losing everything.
- 貳名noun
fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
- ，。
He lost both his wife and his soldiers, so he really got the short end of the stick.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(right hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The image of a right hand with thumb and fingers spread out conveys the meaning of "again" or "one more time."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丘(mound; heap)ASSOCIATIVE
- 八(scattered; dispersed)RADICAL
A soldier holding a weapon gathers with others into a formation as solid as an earthen mound.
赔了夫人又折兵
Traditional賠了夫人又折兵
lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹名noun
lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
- ，。
He lost his wife and his soldiers too, and he truly gained nothing while losing everything.
- 貳名noun
fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy
- ，。
He lost both his wife and his soldiers, so he really got the short end of the stick.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 了(newborn child; infant)ASSOCIATIVE
An image of a curled-up baby suggests completeness and ending.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The character 人 depicts a person standing with legs spread wide apart for stability.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 又(right hand (pictographic))ASSOCIATIVE
The image of a right hand with thumb and fingers spread out conveys the meaning of "again" or "one more time."
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 丘(mound; heap)ASSOCIATIVE
- 八(scattered; dispersed)RADICAL
A soldier holding a weapon gathers with others into a formation as solid as an earthen mound.
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