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Definition(s) for: 损兵折将

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 75,465 117,157

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
sǔn- to decrease; to lose
- to damage; to harm
- (coll.) to ridicule; to deride
- (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean
- one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨
bīng- soldiers
- a force
- an army
- weapons
- arms
- military
- warlike
- CL:個|个[ge4]
shé- to snap
- to break (a stick, a bone etc)
- (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
zhē- to turn sth over
- to turn upside down
- to tip sth out (of a container)
zhé- to break
- to fracture
- to snap
- to suffer loss
- to bend
- to twist
- to turn
- to change direction
- convinced
- to convert into (currency)
- discount
- rebate
- tenth (in price)
- classifier for theatrical scenes
- to fold
- accounts book
zhé- variant of 折[zhe2]
- to fold
jiāng- will
- shall
- to use
- to take
- to checkmate
- just a short while ago
- (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])
jiàng- (bound form) a general
- (literary) to command; to lead
- (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
qiāng- to desire
- to invite
- to request

Other Words Containing 损兵折将

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo