片甲不回
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Chinese[edit]
a slice; piece; flake a slice; piece; flake; thin; slice; disc; sheet |
1st heavenly stem; armour; shell | not; no | to circle; to go back; to turn around to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam | ||
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trad. (片甲不回) | 片 | 甲 | 不 | 回 | |
simp. #(片甲不回) | 片 | 甲 | 不 | 回 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
片甲不回
- (of an army) to be completely wiped out
- 曹操引百萬之眾,被吾聊施小計,殺得片甲不回。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
- From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14th century CE
- Cáo Cāo yǐn bǎiwàn zhī zhòng, bèi wú liáo shī xiǎo jì, shā dé piànjiǎbùhuí. [Pinyin]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
曹操引百万之众,被吾聊施小计,杀得片甲不回。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]