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赔了夫人又折兵

péi le fū rén yòu zhé bīng

7-character word Traditional 賠了夫人又折兵

What 赔了夫人又折兵 means

1. lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
2. fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy

The characters in 赔了夫人又折兵

• 赔péito compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss
• 了le(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)…
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 人rénperson; people
• 又yòu(once) again; also; both... and...
• 折zhéto break; to fracture; to snap
• 兵bīngsoldiers; a force; an army