destory the army and kill the general(fù jūn shā jiāng)

destory the army and kill the general

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ù J ū NSH ā Ji ā ng, which means to destroy the army and kill the general. It comes from Sun Bin's art of War: the battle of the moon.

Idiom explanation

Re: elimination.

The origin of Idioms

Sun Bin's art of War: the moon War: "the way of war is to kill many people but not to be killed, to be killed but not to give up, to be given up but not to be general, to be defeated and killed."

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in defeat. For example, in the south, the death of more than ten prefectures, the loss of Yuanyuan's life, and the exhaustion of mountains and seas of wealth, did not happen in seclusion, but in haste. Zeng Gong, Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : fù jūn shā jiāng