a completely defeated army
The Chinese idiom, C á Nb à NGB à Iji à ng, means a defeated army. Sometimes it's also a metaphor for being ugly. It's from "the story of sachets · Baiwu" by Shao can of Ming Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Chapter one hundred and two of the chronicles of the states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty: "Wang Yu lost more than 50000 troops and lost all his grain ships, so he had to lead the disabled soldiers to the south of the road and flee to Tongguan." The Hou bandits turned to the gang to mobilize again. (Qu Bo's "forest sea and snow plain" 37)
Source of words
Shao can of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the story of sachets: I'm defeated by the Yue army now. I'm gathering some defeated generals. I can't help them. How about going back now
Chinese PinYin : cán bīng bài jiàng
a completely defeated army
the lofty sentiments of fearing no hardships in the open. mù tiān xí dì
take pity on the poor and the old. lián pín xī lǎo