曹操遇马超,弃袍割须 曹操遇馬超,棄袍割鬚 曹操遇馬超,棄袍割鬚

Cao Cao meets Ma Chao: throws off his robe and cuts his beard

Saying俗语俗語

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

Meaning
Describes a humiliating defeat and a sorry flight. It comes from Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Simplified
曹操遇马超,弃袍割须
Traditional (Taiwan)
曹操遇馬超,棄袍割鬚
Pinyin
Cáo Cāo yù Mǎ Chāo, qì páo gē xū
Bopomofo
ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ ㄩˋ ㄇㄚˇ ㄔㄠ,ㄑㄧˋ ㄆㄠˊ ㄍㄜ ㄒㄩ

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

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