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两败俱伤

liǎng bài jù shāng

4-character word Traditional 兩敗俱傷

What 两败俱伤 means

1. both sides suffer (idiom)
2. neither side wins

The characters in 两败俱伤

• 两liǎngtwo; both; some
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
• 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together…
• 伤shāngto injure; injury; wound

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