bài

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

HSK 4 #862

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 862nd character
Radical ⾙ (154.4)
Strokes 8
Index # 1113
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

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

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Words containing 败

Word Meaning
relieve inflammation or internal heat
shabby; ruined; broken down
spoil one's appetite
to run away (in defeat)
perishable
in ruins; dilapidated
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
Dugu Qiubai, invincible swordsman in Jin Yong
defeat of the Anhui warlord clique
utterly defeated; crushed
corrupt; to ruin
to suffer defeat after defeat
the crime of corruption
to fail at every step of the way (idiom)
corruption
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