兵敗如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse

CHARACTERS

兵 bīng soldier, troops
敗 bài be defeated, decline, fail
如 rú if, supposing; as if; like, as
山 shān mountain, hill, peak
倒 dǎo fall over; lie down; take turns