敗 bài

be defeated, decline, fail

DEFINITIONS

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

WORDS

一敗塗地 yī bài tú dì failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; beaten and in a hopeless position
不分勝敗 bù fēn shèng bài to not be able to distinguish who's winning
不敗之地 bù bài zhī dì invincible position
以失敗而告終 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng to succeed through failure; to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
倒敗 dǎo bài to collapse (of building)
傷風敗俗 shāng fēng bài sú offending public morals (idiom)
優勝劣敗 yōu shèng liè bài see 優勝劣汰|优胜劣汰[you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4]
兩敗俱傷 liǎng bài jù shāng both sides suffer (idiom); neither side wins
兵敗如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
功敗垂成 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，敗不餒 shèng bù jiāo ， bài bù něi no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
勝敗 shèng bài victory or defeat; result
勝者王侯敗者寇 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
勝者王侯敗者賊 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]
反敗為勝 fǎn bài wéi shèng to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
反腐敗 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption; anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
坐觀成敗 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
壹敗塗地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly; a crushing defeat; failed and in a hopeless position
大敗 dà bài to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb
失敗 shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat; CL:次[ci4]
失敗主義 shī bài zhǔ yì defeatism
失敗是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ Failure is the mother of success.
失敗者 shī bài zhě loser
屢戰屢敗 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
屢敗屢戰 lǚ bài lǚ zhàn to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
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