bài

to fail; to lose (to an opponent); to defeat

Character data

Radical ⽁ (66.7)
Strokes 11
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

敗 bài
  1. 1. to fail
  2. 2. to lose (to an opponent)
  3. 3. to defeat
  4. 4. to damage
  5. 5. to wither

Words containing 敗

Word Meaning
flustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited
utterly defeated; to collapse (of army); routed
Dugu Qiubai, a swordsman in Jin Yong novels
defeat of the Anhui warlord clique
ruined; in decline; destroyed
utterly defeated; crushed
corrupt; to ruin
to suffer defeat after defeat
corruption; to corrupt; rotten
the crime of corruption
to suffer a defeat; to fail; to fall behind
to fail at every step of the way (idiom)
to decline; to deteriorate; to decay
corruption
a complete defeat and fall from grace
turn defeat into victory
consecutive defeats; to lose several times in a row
vice; immorality; moral turpitude
(milk) to turn sour; (meat, fish) to go off
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
to wither and fall
honorable even in defeat (idiom)
to decay; to decline; to become corrupt
lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom)