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Pīnyīn
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HSK
to squander one's fortune / to dissipate one's wealth
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  *败* | 败* | *败
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither
HSK 4
lost game / losing battle
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
septicaemia
scum of a community / degenerate
evil conduct
to squander a family fortune
to be defeated and dispersed
to retreat in defeat
(of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
disappointed
(of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt
(literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
relieve inflammation or internal heat
to lose a lawsuit
to be utterly defeated / to be routed
lost battle / defeat
(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
spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine
to run away (in defeat)
to lose a war / fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
ruined / broken down / shabby
return of the prodigal son
to be defeated on the battlefield / to be beaten in a contest
(TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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