两败俱伤

liǎng bài jù shāng

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1. both sides suffer (idiom)
2. neither side wins

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Child Words of 两败俱伤

• 伤 伤 shāng: to injure
• 两 两 liǎng: two
• 败 败 bài: to defeat
• 俱 俱 jù: (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception