bài

be defeated, decline, fail

DEFINITIONS

  • be defeated, decline, fail
  • to defeat
  • to damage
  • to lose (to an opponent)
  • to fail
  • to wither

WORDS

塗地 yī bài tú dì failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; beaten and in a hopeless position
不分勝 bù fēn shèng bài to not be able to distinguish who's winning
之地 bù bài zhī dì invincible position
以失而告終 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng to succeed through failure; to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
dǎo bài to collapse (of building)
傷風俗 shāng fēng bài sú offending public morals (idiom)
優勝劣 yōu shèng liè bài see 優勝劣汰|优胜劣汰[you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4]
俱傷 liǎng bài jù shāng both sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins
如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
垂成 gōng bài chuí chéng to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
勝不驕,不餒 shèng bù jiāo , bài bù něi no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
shèng bài victory or defeat; result
勝者王侯者寇 shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom); history is written by the victors
勝者王侯者賊 shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě zéi see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4]
為勝 fǎn bài wéi shèng to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
反腐 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption; anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
坐觀成 zuò guān chéng bài to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides; to sit on the fence
塗地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; failed and in a hopeless position
dà bài to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb
shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
主義 shī bài zhǔ yì defeatism
是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ Failure is the mother of success.
者 shī bài zhě loser
屢戰屢 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
屢戰 lǚ bài lǚ zhàn to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
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