Lose first
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í sh ū Xi ā nzh ā o, which means to lose the game because the opponent has the first hand. The figure of speech is slightly inferior to the opponent's. From Beijiang poetry.
The source of the idiom Beijiang Shihua (Volume 2) by hongliangji of Qing Dynasty: "Su Duanming said to himself that he learned from Liu mengde, but he couldn't surpass his dream. It's the so-called" lose first ". 」
Lose first
The sea of bitterness is boundless, and looking back is the end - kǔ hǎi wú biān,huí tóu shì àn