走麦城
Traditional (Taiwan):
走麥城
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to suffer a defeat, especially after earlier glory
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Idiom惯用语 · Widely known
- Literally
- go to Maicheng
- Meaning
- To suffer a defeat, especially after earlier glory, alluding to General Guan Yu's fall at Maicheng in Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
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