If there are many soldiers, they will lose

If there are many soldiers, they will lose

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ī ngdu ō zh ě B à I, which means that an army with too many soldiers often loses because the soldiers have different orders. It comes from the new Yu Cong Kao.

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in military affairs.

The origin of Idioms

Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty wrote in his new Yu Cong Kao: "in ancient times, if there were too many soldiers, they would be defeated. If there were too many soldiers, they would have different orders and momentum. They would not be able to use their arms and fingers."