两败俱伤

hái shi jiǎng hé hǎo miǎn de liǎng bài jù shāng

还是讲和好，免得两败俱伤。

It would be better for both sides to make peace than to wear each other out.

zài nà chǎng zhàn yì zhōng tā men liǎng bài jù shāng

在那场战役中他们两败俱伤。

Both of them were weakened by the war.

lí hūn de rén dōu shì liǎng bài jù shāng

离婚的人都是两败俱伤。

There are no winners in a divorce.

liǎng bài jù shāng de cháng qī nèi hòng

两败俱伤的长期内讧

a long period of internecine conflict

liǎng jiā gōng sī dōu míng bai zài zhè ge shí hou tuì chū jiāo yì jiāng huì liǎng bài jù shāng

两家公司都明白在这个时候退出交易将会两败俱伤。

Both companies know it would be suicide to pull out of the deal now.

zhè zhǒng tiǎo xìn xíng wéi yǒu kě néng ràng liǎng dà jīng jì qiáng guó liǎng bài jù shāng

这种挑衅行为有可能让两大经济强国两败俱伤。

Such aggression risked bringing mutual destruction upon the great economic powers.