打败了的鹌鹑、斗败的鸡,上不了阵 打敗了的鵪鶉、鬥敗的雞,上不了陣 打敗了的鵪鶉、鬥敗的雞,上不了陣

a beaten quail, a defeated fighting cock: can't go back into the fight

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning
Someone who has lost their fighting spirit and dares not take up a challenge again.
Simplified
打败了的鹌鹑、斗败的鸡,上不了阵
Traditional (Taiwan)
打敗了的鵪鶉、鬥敗的雞,上不了陣
Pinyin
dǎbàile de ānchún, dòu bài de jī,shàng bù liǎo zhèn
Bopomofo
ㄉㄚˇ ㄅㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄜ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄢ ㄔㄨㄣˊ、ㄉㄡˋ ㄅㄞˋ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄐㄧ,ㄕㄤˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ ㄓㄣˋ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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