残兵败将 (cán bīng bài jiāng) — (chengyu) remnants of a routed army; (figurative) a defeated or demoralized group

Definizione

Esempi

• 敌方只剩下一些残兵败将在负隅顽抗。
  Dí fāng zhī shèng xià yì xiē cán bīng bài jiāng zài fù yú wán kàng.
  The enemy only had a few stragglers left putting up a desperate fight.
• 那支球队连输十场，已经变成一群残兵败将了。
  Nà zhī qiú duì lián shū shí chǎng, yǐ jīng biàn chéng yì qún cán bīng bài jiāng le.
  That team has lost ten games in a row and has turned into a bunch of beaten players.
• 虽然我们是残兵败将，但士气不能倒。
  Suī rán wǒ men shì cán bīng bài jiāng, dàn shì qì bù néng dǎo.
  Even though we are the remnants of a defeated force, our morale must not collapse.