Pyrrhic victory 慘勝

Pyrrhic victory
繁：慘勝
简：惨胜

But leading infectious disease expert Professor Yuen Kwok-yung said even if the pandemic completely eased within the next two weeks, it would only be a “pyrrhic victory” given the death toll and economic impact, while warning the city could face a fourth wave of infections this autumn and winter.

Coronavirus: experts see ‘positive sign’ as 220,000 Hong Kong residents sign up for mass-testing scheme in first 11 hours of online registration. (2020, August 29). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3099383/coronavirus-117700-sign-covid-19-mass-testing

第三波武漢肺炎疫情暫見紓緩，港大微生物學系講座教授袁國勇今日在港台節目《香港家書》表示，單是在7、8月，本港已有3千多宗病例、約70多個老人家不幸病逝，形容這一波疫情所付出的人命和經濟代價非常大，疫情受控只屬「慘勝一場」，呼籲市民要提防秋冬即將殺到的第四波疫情，因為低溫及乾燥天氣較易傳播病毒，武漢肺炎也是去年12月開始爆發。

【武漢肺炎】袁國勇嘆第三波疫情受控屬「慘勝」 籲提防秋冬第四波（2020年8月29日）。蘋果日報，取自 https://hk.appledaily.com/local/20200829/MGQ62MIXUJEW5JAKMKRMWHLIEA