lose both men and money

lose both men and money

The Chinese idiom, R é NC á Ili ǎ NGK ō ng in pinyin, means that both people and money have no means or loss. From the three heroes and five righteousness.

The origin of Idioms

The 35th chapter of three heroes and five righteousness written by Shi Yukun in Qing Dynasty: "how much money do you want to spend? In the final analysis, I have no money. How can you say I can do it well? 　”

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attributive; derogatory.

Examples

In a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty, he said, "poor Zhang and Li families are not interesting. They are really rich and poor."

Luzhou was bombed by the Japanese, the shops were destroyed, and all the relatives were killed. Therefore, Luzhou was ruined. Guo Moruo's down the diamond slope

Idiom story

Wang Xifeng is carrying his wife behind his back. In order to keep watch, they mediate with Zhang's parents. When Zhang's parents see that Jia's family sent someone to mediate, they naturally love power and greed, so they withdraw their previous engagement. Unexpectedly, his daughter is a martyr, so they hang themselves. The son of the man on guard, who was originally engaged in the marriage, heard that brother Jin hanged himself and threw himself into the river, leaving the Zhang and Li families empty. Sister Feng got 3000 taels of silver.