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Meaning of 败

Pinyin bài

Radical

贝

Strokes

Definition

be defeated / to defeat / loss

Usage

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败 bài 动 (verb) 1. 输，失利，不成功，与“胜”相对: lose; suffer defeat; fail; opposite of "win". 例如: ～北 (suffer defeat in the North). ～退 (retreat). ～绩 (failure in performance). ～诉 (lose a lawsuit). ～笔 (lose in a bet). ～局 (lose the game). 两～俱伤 (both sides suffer). 2. 战胜，使失败: defeat; make someone fail. 例如: 大～敌军 (defeat the enemy troops). 3. 毁坏: ruin; spoil. 例如: ～坏 (ruin). ～露 (destroy). 4. 解除，消散: remove; dispel; relieve. 例如: ～火 (extinguish fire). ～毒 (dispel poison). 5. 破旧，衰落，腐烂: worn out; decline; rot. 例如: ～絮 (tattered cotton). ～落 (become worn out). 败兴 (depressed mood). 腐～ (decayed). 叶残花～ (flowers and leaves withered). 形 (adjective) 1. 破旧: worn-out. 2. 衰落，破旧，凋谢: rotten; become worn-out; withered. 名 (noun) 1. 灾年; 荒年: blank year; a year of disaster. 2. 弊端; 过失: disadvantage; fault. 3. 姓: surname.

失败 shī bài

to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4]

败坏 bài huài

to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine

气急败坏 qì jí bài huài

flustered and exasperated / utterly discomfited

独孤求败 Dú gū Qiú bài

Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels

成王败寇 chéng wáng bài kòu

see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]

屡战屡败 lǚ zhàn lǚ bài

to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)

屡败屡战 lǚ bài lǚ zhàn

to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)

优胜劣败 yōu shèng liè bài

see 優勝劣汰|优胜劣汰[you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4]

击败 jī bài

to defeat / to beat

惜败 xī bài

Be disappointed

惨败 cǎn bài

to suffer a crushing defeat

打败 dǎ bài

to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated

挫败 cuò bài

to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat

两败俱伤 liǎng bài jù shāng

both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins

一败涂地 yī bài tú dì

failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / beaten and in a hopeless position

溃败 kuì bài

utterly defeated / routed / crushed / to collapse (of army)

败血症 bài xuè zhèng

septicaemia

破败 pò bài

to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline

败仗 bài zhàng

lost battle / defeat

吃败仗 chī bài zhàng

Lose the battle

败絮 bài xù

ruined / broken down / shabby

败绩 bài jì

to be utterly defeated / to be routed

腐败 fǔ bài

corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten

胜败 shèng bài

victory or defeat / result

胜败乃兵家常事 shèng bài nǎi bīng jiā cháng shì

victory and defeat are both common in battle

虽败犹荣 suī bài yóu róng

honorable even in defeat (idiom)

衰败 shuāi bài

to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate

兴衰成败 xīng shuāi chéng bài

Success or failure

身败名裂 shēn bài míng liè

to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace

诈败 zhà bài

Fraud

败诉 bài sù

lose a lawsuit

战败 zhàn bài

to lose a war

大败 dà bài

to defeat / to inflict a defeat on sb

败退 bài tuì

to retreat in defeat

成败 chéng bài

success or failure

不败 bù bài

invincible / unbeaten / undefeated

节节败退 jié jié bài tuì

to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat

成败利钝 chéng bài lì dùn

succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages / success and failure / You win some, you lose some.

败露 bài lù

(of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed

颓败 tuí bài

to decay / to decline / to become corrupt