賠了夫人又折兵

Chinese

		lose in trade; pay damage	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	man['s] person; lady; madam man['s] person; lady; madam; Mrs.; wife	(once) again; also; both... and... (once) again; also; both... and...; again	to lose men in battle
trad. (賠了夫人又折兵)		賠	了	夫人	又	折兵
simp. (赔了夫人又折兵)		赔	了	夫人	又	折兵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): péi le fūrén yòu zhébīng

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄈㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄜˊ ㄅㄧㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ liu⁵ fu¹ jan⁴ jau⁶ zit³ bing¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: péi le fūrén yòu zhébīng
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄈㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄜˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: péi le̊ furén yòu jhébing
    • Wade–Giles: pʻei² lê⁵ fu¹-jên² yu⁴ chê²-ping¹
    • Yale: péi le fū-rén yòu jé-bīng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: peir .le furen yow jerbing
    • Palladius: пэй лэ фужэнь ю чжэбин (pɛj lɛ fužɛnʹ ju čžɛbin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰeɪ̯³⁵ lə³ fu⁵⁵ ʐən³⁵ joʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: pui⁴ liu⁵ fu¹ jan⁴ jau⁶ zit³ bing¹
    • Yale: pùih líuh fū yàhn yauh jit bīng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: pui⁴ liu⁵ fu¹ jan⁴ jau⁶ dzit⁸ bing¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: pui⁴ liu⁵ fu¹ yen⁴ yeo⁶ jid³ bing¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰuːi̯²¹ liːu̯¹³ fuː⁵⁵ jɐn²¹ jɐu̯²² t͡siːt̚³ pɪŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

賠了夫人又折兵

1. to suffer a double whammy after trying to take advantage of something

Synonyms

• 偷雞不成蝕把米／偷鸡不成蚀把米 (tōu jī bùchéng shí bǎ mǐ)