片甲不回

Chinese

		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
trad. (片甲不回)		片	甲	不	回
simp. #(片甲不回)		片	甲	不	回

Etymology

Literally: not (even) a (single) strip of armor returns

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piàn jiǎ bù huí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piàn jiǎ bù huí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piàn jiǎ bù huéi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴ chia³ pu⁴ hui²
    • Yale: pyàn jyǎ bù hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piann jea bu hwei
    • Palladius: пянь цзя бу хуэй (pjanʹ czja bu xuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

片甲不回

1. to suffer total defeat