两败俱伤

Traditional: 兩敗俱傷

liǎng bài jù shāng

Dictionary entry

both sides suffer (idiom)

What does 两败俱伤 mean?

两败俱伤 (liǎng bài jù shāng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1both sides suffer (idiom)

2neither side wins

Character breakdown

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两liǎngtwo · both 败bàito defeat · to damage 俱jù(literary) all; both; entirely; without exception · (literary) to be together 伤shāngto injure · injury

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How to pronounce 两败俱伤

两败俱伤

liǎng bài jù shāng

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