出师不利 meaning in Chinese
lose the first battle; a bad beginning; be rebuffed in [at] the first encounter; get off on the wrong foot; thwarted at the very beginning
Examples
- After considerable dithering, hitler put the very able general von manstein in charge of the northern and threatened of these luckless armies .
希特勒经过一番犹豫之后，委派非常精明干练的冯曼斯坦因去指挥所有那些出师不利的部队中最受威胁的北翼部队。 - He got off on the wrong foot when he started doing it
他一开始就出师不利。 - We got off on the wrong foot the other day . let ' s try again
我们那天出师不利。再试一次吧。 - I think we got off on the wrong foot here
我认为我们出师不利 - Not a great start for a man who is not yet formally in the race
这对这位还未正式宣布参选的选手来说可谓是出师不利。