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赔了夫人又折兵 (賠了夫人又折兵)

péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

赔
=
贝
+
咅
了
=
乛
+
亅
夫
=
大
+
一
人
=
人
又
=
？
+
？
折
=
扌
+
斤
兵
=
丘
+
八

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