The defeated general(cán jūn bài jiàng)

The defeated general

The Chinese idiom, C á NJ à Nb à Iji à ng in pinyin, means the remnant general after the defeat. It comes from the Ming Dynasty's anonymous novel Kaizhao jiuzhong.

Idiom usage

Used as an object or attribute; used of a defeated army, etc

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: the defeated general

The origin of Idioms

The second fold of Ming Wu Ming's Kaizhao jiuzhong: "you've killed me, but you're clean."

Idiom explanation

The remaining soldiers after the defeat. The same as the "defeated general".

Chinese PinYin : cán jūn bài jiàng