败 bài

be defeated, decline, fail

HSK 4 #862

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

WORDS

胜败 shèng bài victory or defeat; result
败北 bài běi (literary) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
败绩 bài jì to be utterly defeated; to be routed
败局 bài jú lost game; losing battle
败家子 bài jiā zǐ spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
败落 bài luò (of status or wealth) to decline; (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated; run-down; (of plants) to wilt
败兴 bài xìng disappointed
功败垂成 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
败仗 bài zhàng lost battle; defeat
败退 bài tuì to retreat in defeat
残兵败将 cán bīng bài jiàng ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
伤风败俗 shāng fēng bài sú offending public morals (idiom)
败阵 bài zhèn to be defeated on the battlefield; to be beaten in a contest
骄兵必败 jiāo bīng bì bài lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom); fig. pride goes before a fall
不分胜败 bù fēn shèng bài to not be able to distinguish who's winning
不败之地 bù bài zhī dì invincible position
以失败而告终 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng to succeed through failure; to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
倒败 dǎo bài to collapse (of building)
优胜劣败 yōu shèng liè bài see 優勝劣汰|优胜劣汰[you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4]
兵败如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
胜不骄，败不馁 shèng bù jiāo ， bài bù něi no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
胜者王侯败者寇 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
胜者王侯败者贼 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]
反腐败 fǎn fǔ bài to oppose corruption; anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
坐观成败 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
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