全军覆没 — Chinese idiom
全军覆没
quán jūn fù mò
Traditional: 全軍覆沒
Meaning
- total defeat of an army ; fig. a complete wipeout
Character by character
- 全quánwhole, entire, complete; to preserve
- 军jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops
- 覆fùto cover; to overturn; to repeat; to reply
- 没mònot, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
Idioms sharing a character
- 五味俱全 wǔ wèi jù quán
- 全力以赴 quán lì yǐ fù
- 全心全意 quán xīn quán yì
- 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
- 全知全能 quán zhī quán néng
- 全神贯注 quán shén guàn zhù
- 全身而退 quán shēn ér tuì
- 两全其美 liǎng quán qí měi
- 十全十美 shí quán shí měi
- 大获全胜 dà huò quán shèng
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