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Here, we present the idiom 「片甲不還」. Below, you’ll find its explanation and examples of usage.

Describes the annihilation of an entire army. Same as “not even a single piece of armor can be turned back”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

piàn jiǎ bù hái

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pin2/pin3 gaap3 bat1 waan4

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