出師不利
chū​shī​bù​lì

to get off on the wrong foot

  • created sense approved 出师不利/出師不利 · chū​shī​bù​lì · to get off on the wrong foot — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    出师不利 / 出師不利

    chū​shī​bù​lì

    to get off on the wrong foot

    to meet with initial failure or setbacks; to start a task or military campaign unsuccessfully

    出师 (literal) → 出师/出師 · chū​shī · to start a campaign 不利 (literal) → 不利 · bù​lì · unsuccessful

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense