折兵

Chinese

		tenth (in price); to break; to fold tenth (in price); to break; to fold; to turn; broken (as of rope, stick)	soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
simp. and trad. (折兵)		折	兵

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhébīng

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄜˊ ㄅㄧㄥ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhébīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄜˊ ㄅㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhébing
  - Wade–Giles: chê²-ping¹
  - Yale: jé-bīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jerbing
  - Palladius: чжэбин (čžɛbin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂɤ³⁵ piŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

折兵

(archaic) to lose men (or supplies) in battle

Derived terms

周郎妙計高天下，賠了夫人又折兵／周郎妙计高天下，赔了夫人又折兵
損將折兵／损将折兵
賠了夫人又折兵／赔了夫人又折兵 (péi le fūrén yòu zhébīng)
陪了夫人又折兵

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