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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 賠了夫人又折兵 [ㄆㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄜ ㄈㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄡˋ ㄓㄜˊ ㄅㄧㄥ; pei2 le5 fu1 ren2 you4 zhe2 bing1]
 having given away a bride, to lose one's army on top of it (idiom)
 to suffer a double loss after trying to trick the enemy