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 ˙ㄌㄜㄈㄨㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄜˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): pui⁴ liu⁵ fu¹ jan⁴ jau⁶ zit³ bing¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: péi le fūrén yòu zhébīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄆㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄜㄈㄨㄖㄣˊ 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

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)

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