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賠了夫人又折兵

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

Characters and words in 賠了夫人又折兵

péi = p + ei2
to compensate for loss / to indemnify / to suffer a financial loss
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le = l + e5
(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
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liǎo = li + ao3
to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly
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liǎo = li + ao3
(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly
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liào = li + ao4
unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]
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lady / madam / Mrs. / CL:位[wei4]
= fu + Ø1
husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)
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= fu + Ø2
(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)
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rén = r + (e)n2
person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
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yòu = y + ou4
(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway
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shé = sh + e2
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
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zhē = zh + e1
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)
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zhé = zh + e2
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book
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zhé = zh + e2
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bīng = bi + (e)ng1
soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]
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Words with 賠了夫人又折兵

賠了夫人又折兵 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 賠了夫人又折兵

賠了夫人又折兵 currently does not appear in any sentence.
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