赔了夫人又折兵
péi​le​fū​ren​yòu​zhé​bīng

to suffer a double loss

  • created reference approved 赔了夫人又折兵/賠了夫人又折兵 → 陪了夫人又折兵 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赔了夫人又折兵 / 賠了夫人又折兵 péi​le​fū​ren​yòu​zhé​bīng

    陪了夫人又折兵 péi​le​fū​ren​yòu​zhé​bīng

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 赔了夫人又折兵/賠了夫人又折兵 · péi​le​fū​ren​yòu​zhé​bīng · to suffer a double loss — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    赔了夫人又折兵 / 賠了夫人又折兵

    péi​le​fū​ren​yòu​zhé​bīng

    to suffer a double loss

    To suffer a double loss or a total failure after trying to trick someone; to lose twice over while trying to gain an advantage.

    赔 (literal) → 赔/賠 · péi · to lose money 了 (bound) → 了 · le · [aspect marker] 夫人 (literal) → 夫人 · fū​rén · wife 又 (literal) → 又 · yòu · again 折 (literal) → 折 · shé · to lose money 兵 (literal) → 兵 · bīng · army

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

    created sense