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

败火 bài huǒ relieve inflammation or internal heat
败絮 bài xù ruined; broken down; shabby
败胃 bài wèi spoil one's appetite
败走 bài zǒu to run away (in defeat)
易腐败 yì fǔ bài perishable
残垣败壁 cán yuán bài bì see 殘垣斷壁|残垣断壁[can2 yuan2 duan4 bi4]
残败 cán bài dilapidated; in ruins
残花败柳 cán huā bài liǔ broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
独孤求败 dú gū qiú bài Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels
皖系战败 wǎn xì zhàn bài Anhui faction of Northern Warlords (1912-c. 1920), led by Duan Qirui 段祺瑞 with Japanese support
破败不堪 pò bài bù kān crushed; utterly defeated
窳败 yǔ bài to ruin; corrupt
节节败退 jié jié bài tuì to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat
腐败罪 fǔ bài zuì the crime of corruption
着着失败 zhuó zhuó shī bài to fail at every step of the way (idiom)
贪污腐败 tān wū fǔ bài corruption
转败为胜 zhuàn bài wéi shèng to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
连败 lián bài consecutive defeats; to lose several times in a row
道德败坏 dào dé bài huài vice; immorality; moral turpitude
酸败 suān bài (milk) to turn sour; (meat, fish) to go off
金玉其外，败絮其中 jīn yù qí wài ， bài xù qí zhōng gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
金玉其表，败絮其中 jīn yù qí biǎo ， bài xù qí zhōng gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
开败 kāi bài to wither and fall
虽败犹荣 suī bài yóu róng honorable even in defeat (idiom)
颓败 tuí bài to decay; to decline; to become corrupt
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