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賠了夫人又折兵

péi​le​fū​rén​yòu​zhé​bīng

having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it

Definitions

赔了夫人又折兵 (賠了夫人又折兵) 

péi​le​fū​rén​yòu​zhé​bīng

having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom); to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

Statistics

HSK level 5

48807th most common word in books

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