損兵折將

Chinese

		to damage; injure; to lose to damage; injure; to lose; to harm	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
trad. (損兵折將)		損	兵	折	將
simp. (损兵折将)		损	兵	折	将

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǔnbīngzhéjiàng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄓㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syun² bing¹ zit³ zoeng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǔnbīngzhéjiàng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄣˇ ㄅㄧㄥ ㄓㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǔnbingjhéjiàng
    • Wade–Giles: sun³-ping¹-chê²-chiang⁴
    • Yale: swǔn-bīng-jé-jyàng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: soenbingjerjianq
    • Palladius: суньбинчжэцзян (sunʹbinčžɛczjan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su̯ən²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syun² bing¹ zit³ zoeng³
    • Yale: syún bīng jit jeung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: syn² bing¹ dzit⁸ dzoeng³
    • Guangdong Romanization: xun² bing¹ jid³ zêng³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syːn³⁵ pɪŋ⁵⁵ t͡siːt̚³ t͡sœːŋ³³/

Idiom

損兵折將

1. to lose a battle and suffer casualties