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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): piànjiǎbùhuí

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: piànjiǎbùhuí
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄚˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: piànjiǎbùhuéi
    • Wade–Giles: pʻien⁴-chia³-pu⁴-hui²
    • Yale: pyàn-jyǎ-bù-hwéi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: piannjeabuhwei
    • Palladius: пяньцзябухуэй (pjanʹczjabuxuej)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi̯ɛn⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ä²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ xu̯eɪ̯³⁵/

Idiom

片甲不回

1. (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.]
     曹操引百万之众，被吾聊施小计，杀得片甲不回。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, circa 14^th 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)

Synonyms

• 片甲不存
• 片甲不留 (piànjiǎbùliú)