汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 损兵折将
sǔn bīng zhé jiàng
损兵折将 (損兵折將)
suffer heavy casualties / lose one's generals and soldiers / The army is defeated, the generals have been slain.
损 loss / Both sergeants and generals suffered losses / Refers to the defeat
大败 惨败 一败涂地 头破血流 溃不成军 人仰马翻 望风披靡 丢盔弃甲
锐不可当
损 (損) sǔn 兵 bīng 折 zhé/shé 将 (將) jiāng/jiàng
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

如果说这一指称是无中生有的话，那么巴军不愿意在一场没有多少巴基斯坦人民支持的战争中损兵折将，或者造成大量的牺牲，是很明显不过了。

If there is little evidence for this claim, the army is clearly reluctant to lose many men or inflict great casualties in a war that few Pakistanis support.

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