suffer heavy casualties(sǔn bīng zhé jiàng)

suffer heavy casualties

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ǔ Nb ī ngzh é Ji à ng, which means that soldiers and generals have suffered losses, refers to the defeat. It's from traveling alone.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Wu Mingshi's "a journey of thousands of miles alone" the third fold: "now I am leading a battle with him, and the prime minister is also in vain, then I will lose my troops."

Analysis of Idioms

To lose one's wife, to lose one's army, to lose one's general

Idiom usage

He was defeated. If Taiwei had come so early, he would not have taught the country, wasting money and food. Chapter 82 of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty. Chapter 84 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms: "Shu's troops are so powerful that they are hard to break through. The air is at the expense of itself, and the general's ears are broken." Chapter 97 of the romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in the Ming Dynasty: Rui was so surprised that he called Sima Yi in and said, "Cao Zhen lost his troops at the expense of his troops, and Shu soldiers came out of Qishan again. What's your plan? What can I do for you? " Yi said, "I have a plan to retire Zhuge Liang. Without the Wei army's swagger, the Shu soldiers would naturally go away. " In Chapter 112 of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty, "Prince Wei Wuji" followed the five countries together, with a large number of soldiers and generals, so he could not win. You should die for the loss of your troops

Chinese PinYin : sǔn bīng zhé jiàng