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兩敗俱傷

简两败俱伤 · 繁兩敗俱傷

Mandarin · pinyin liǎng bài jù shāng

both sides suffer (idiom)
neither side wins

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兩: liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
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俱: jù · all, together; accompany
傷: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from
两: liǎng · two, both, pair, couple; ounce
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail
伤: shāng · wound, injury; fall ill from

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3–4–4–1 · liang3 bai4 ju4 shang1

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loeng5 baai6 keoi1 soeng1

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(idiomatic) both sides suffer; everyone loses; neither side wins

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