杀
敌
八
百
，
自
损
一
千
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Definitions
1. kill 800 enemy soldiers but lose one-thousand of your own
2. one step forward, two steps back - self defeating
Components
杀敌
shā dí
–
to attack the enemy
八百
bā bǎi
–
eight hundred
自
zì
–
self
损
sǔn
–
to decrease
一千
yī qiān
–
one thousand