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賠了夫人又折兵
pui4 liu5 fu1 jan4 jau6 zit3 bing1 |
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throw good money after bad; suffer a double loss; pay a double penalty [literal] give one's enemy a wife and lose one's soldiers as well Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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賠了夫人又折兵 / 赔了夫人又折兵 | ||
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Characters in this word:賠 pui4 - compensate; apologize; lose money了 liu5 - completed; change; finish 夫 fu1 fu4 - husband; male adult; manual worker 人 jan4 - person; human being 又 jau6 - and; also; again; furthermore 折 zit3, sit6 - break; snap; lose 兵 bing1 - weapons; soldier; troops; military |
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