lose the first battle(chū shī bù lì)

lose the first battle

It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ū sh ī B ù L ì, which means that the battle is not smooth; it describes that things just start and suffer defeat. It's from the master.

Idiom explanation

Division: the army. Leon: well.

The origin of Idioms

The second sequel to Wang Shuo's the stubborn master: "it's not a good start, it's not a good start." Ma Qing peered forward to the back alley and saw that there were no writers chasing him. Then he let go and said to Guan, "who would have thought that all the writers are out of the street today?"

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: victory by victory

Idiom usage

It can be used as predicate, object and adverbial. Chapter 8 of Zongpu's Dongzang Ji: "the expeditionary army is not ready to start. This side is obviously more important." Chapter 29 of "sunny day" by Hao Ran: "today is really a bad start. No good person has met.

Chinese PinYin : chū shī bù lì