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

to compensate for loss / to indemnify / to suffer a financial loss

(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) / (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)

to finish / to achieve / variant of 瞭|了[liao3] / to understand clearly

(of eyes) bright / clear-sighted / to understand clearly

unofficial variant of 瞭[liao4]

husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old)

(classical) this, that / he, she, they / (exclamatory final particle) / (initial particle, introduces an opinion)

lady / madam / Mrs. / CL:位[wei4]

person; people / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

(once) again / also / both... and... / and yet / (used for emphasis) anyway

to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)

to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container)

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

variant of 折[zhe2] / to fold

soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4]