覆军杀将 (覆軍殺將) fù jūn shā jiāng
fù jūn shā jiāng
set phrase
to defeat an army and kill its commander
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Quote: from the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 8 (retranslated from tr. by Giles 1910, p. 79; Guoyu '覆軍殺將')
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Collocations
- 不见覆军杀将 (不見覆軍殺將) 不見覆軍殺將 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《蘇秦列傳》 Biography of Su Qin — count: 2
- 能覆军杀将 (能覆軍殺將) 謂舟必能覆軍殺將 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百二十一 列傳第七十一: 僕固懷恩 梁崇義 李懷光 Volume 121 Biographies 71: Pugu Huai'en, Liang Chongyi, Li Huaiguan — count: 2