两败俱伤

liǎng bài jù shāng

both sides come out losers

Character by character

两liǎng
both

败bài
defeated

俱jù
all

伤shāng
wounded

价格战打下去，只会两败俱伤。

If the price war goes on, both sides will only end up hurt.

Tone: neutral.

Learn this in Lesson 107 · HSK 7–9: 中美关系与全球化 (China, America and globalisation)

A dialogue, a reading, word cards with audio and a drill that uses it, in Learn Chinese with Bao. The first lessons of every level are free.