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to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated
HSK 4
to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
(idiom) to fail at every step of the way / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4]
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *敗* | 敗* | *敗
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither
HSK 4
to lose an election
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace
corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten
HSK 7-9
to not be able to distinguish who's winning
to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
to defeat / to beat
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors
to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom) / history is written by the victors
no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
consecutive defeats / to lose several times in a row
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
return of the prodigal son
Failure is the mother of success.
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
lost battle / defeat
to run away (in defeat)
to be defeated on the battlefield / to be beaten in a contest
perishable
flustered and exasperated / utterly discomfited
spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins
lost game / losing battle
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom) / fig. pride goes before a fall
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar
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
to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
to be defeated and dispersed
honorable even in defeat (idiom)
lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
to suffer a crushing defeat
to squander a family fortune
Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸 novels
to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate
loser
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
to thwart; to foil (sb's plans) / a setback; a failure; a defeat
pride goes before a fall (idiom)
(sports) to be trounced (by an opponent) / crushing defeat
success or failure
corruption
vice / immorality / moral turpitude
(idiom) invincible position
to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
victory or defeat / result
to lose a war
evil conduct
to collapse (of building)
to defeat / to inflict a defeat on sb
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong
(of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt
to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
to wither and fall
defeated / routed / crushed
to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine
(TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify
to retreat in defeat
scum of a community / degenerate
succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages / success and failure / You win some, you lose some.
win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine
to lose a lawsuit
crushed / utterly defeated
ruined / broken down / shabby
septicaemia
ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
(milk) to turn sour / (meat, fish) to go off
to decay / to decline / to become corrupt
defeatism
disappointed
(literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
to be utterly defeated; to be routed
to ruin / corrupt
relieve inflammation or internal heat
to be utterly defeated / to be routed
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
to lose a war / fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
to squander one's fortune / to dissipate one's wealth
the crime of corruption
(of food or medicine) to impair digestion; to suppress appetite / (fig.) (of some objectionable aspect of sth) to cause one to lose interest; to put one off
(of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed

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