我们就能不费一兵一卒
“we can kill this dog of an emperor”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
只要夏侯澹能够单独见我们
“As long as Xiahou Dan agrees to meet us alone,”
我们 就能 不费一兵一卒
“we can kill this dog of an emperor”
手刃了这个狗皇帝
“without losing a single soldier.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Classical Chinese military philosophy places the highest value on achieving victory without costly battle (winning without fighting).
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
without losing a single soldier; without lifting a finger in battle
A set four-character idiom describing achieving a military victory or objective without casualties.
would then be able to
Connects a preceding conditional clause to its resulting ease of accomplishment.