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Trad. 賠上
- to pay for sth with the loss of (one's health etc)
- to have sth come at the cost of (one's reputation etc)
Trad. 賠小心
- to be conciliatory or apologetic
- to tread warily in dealing with sb
Trad. 賠錢貨
- unprofitable goods; item that can only be sold at a loss
- daughter (so called in former times because daughters required a dowry when they married)
Trad. 假一賠十
- lit. if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them
- fig. (of goods) 100% genuine
Trad. 賠了夫人又折兵
- lit. having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
- fig. to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy