残兵败将 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• ruined army, defeated general ; scattered remnants

Character by character

• 残cánto injure, to ruin, to spoil; cruel, oppressive, s
• 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
• 败bàifailure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
• 将jiàngthe future, what will be; ready, prepared; a gener

Idioms sharing a character

• 抱残守缺 bào cán shǒu quē
• 收残缀轶 shōu cán zhuì yì
• 断壁残垣 duàn bì cán yuán
• 残年短景 cán nián duǎn jǐng
• 残民害物 cán mín hài wù
• 残花败柳 cán huā bài liǔ
• 残酷无情 cán kù wú qíng
• 自相残杀 zì xiāng cán shā
• 苟延残喘 gǒu yán cán chuǎn
• 骨肉相残 gǔ ròu xiāng cán

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