伤敌一千自损八百

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 伤敌一千自损八百 – see 傷敵一千，自損八百 (“To injure one thousand enemy soldiers while one loses eight hundred soldiers; to inflict damage on the enemy while one's own side suffers a smaller but comparable level of damage; cut off one's nose to spite one's face”). (This term is the simplified form of 傷敵一千自損八百, which is in turn a variant form of 傷敵一千，自損八百).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.