失 败 shī bài to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:次[ci4] 挫 折 cuò zhé setback / reverse / check / defeat / frustration / disappointment / to frustrate / to discourage / to set sb back / to blunt / to subdue 屈 服 qū fú to surrender / to succumb / to yield / (as a transitive verb) to defeat / to prevail over 破 broken / damaged / worn out / lousy / rotten / to break, split or cleave / to get rid of / to destroy / to break with / to defeat / to capture (a city etc) / to expose the truth of 战 胜 zhàn shèng to prevail over / to defeat / to surmount 击 败 jī bài to defeat / to beat 打 败 dǎ bài to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated 大 败 dà bài to defeat / to inflict a defeat on sb 挫 败 cuò bài to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat 击 溃 jī kuì to defeat / to smash / to rout 破 败 pò bài to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline 滑 铁 卢 Huá tiě lú Waterloo (Belgium) / Battle of Waterloo (1815) / (fig.) a defeat 败 仗 bài zhàng lost battle / defeat 打 垮 dǎ kuǎ to defeat / to strike down / to destroy 胜 victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) 败 to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither 弊 detriment / fraud / harm / defeat 攻 灭 gōng miè to conquer / to defeat (militarily) 鼻 青 眼 肿 bí qīng yǎn zhǒng a black eye (idiom) / serious injury to the face / fig. a setback / a defeat 比 下 去 bǐ xià qù to defeat / to be superior to 做 掉 zuò diào to kill / to get rid of / (sports) to defeat / to eliminate 胜 负 shèng fù victory or defeat / the outcome of a battle 顽 强 wán qiáng tenacious / hard to defeat 失 利 shī lì to lose / to suffer defeat 大 胜 dà shèng to defeat decisively / to win decisively / great victory / triumph 惨 败 cǎn bài to suffer a crushing defeat 认 输 rèn shū to concede / to admit defeat 落 败 luò bài to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind 全 军 覆 没 quán jūn fù mò total defeat of an army (idiom) / fig. a complete wipeout 反 扑 fǎn pū to counterattack / to come back after a defeat / to retrieve lost ground 落 荒 而 逃 luò huāng ér táo to flee in defeat / to bolt 败 退 bài tuì to retreat in defeat 胜 败 shèng bài victory or defeat / result 一 败 涂 地 yī bài tú dì lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat 败 北 bài běi (literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc) 服 输 fú shū to concede / to admit defeat / to admit sth is wrong after insisting it is right 知 难 而 退 zhī nán ér tuì lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation / to get out on finding out what it's really like 翻 船 fān chuán to capsize / (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat 反 败 为 胜 fǎn bài wéi shèng to turn defeat into victory (idiom) / to turn the tide 重 挫 zhòng cuò devastating setback / slump (in stock market etc) / crushing defeat / to cause a serious setback / to plummet 赤 壁 之 战 Chì bì zhī zhàn Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区[Huang2 zhou1 qu1] of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈[Huang2 gang1], a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4] 人 仰 马 翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter) 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 甘 拜 下 风 gān bài xià fēng to step down gracefully (humble expression) / to concede defeat / to play second fiddle 功 败 垂 成 gōng bài chuí chéng to fail within sight of success (idiom) / last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory 剃 光 头 tì guāng tóu to shave the whole head clean / crushing defeat 以 少 胜 多 yǐ shǎo shèng duō using the few to defeat the many (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness 李 陵 Lǐ Líng Li Ling (-74 BC), Han dynasty general whose defeat by the Xiongnu 匈奴 / in 104 BC led to a major scandal 伏 to lean over / to fall (go down) / to hide (in ambush) / to conceal oneself / to lie low / hottest days of summer / to submit / to concede defeat / to overcome / to subdue / volt 铩 羽 而 归 shā yǔ ér guī (idiom) to return in low spirits following a defeat or failure to achieve one's ambitions 兵 败 如 山 倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom) / a beaten army in total collapse 壹 败 涂 地 yī bài tú dì beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom) / to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / failed and in a hopeless position 屡 战 屡 败 lu:3 zhàn lu:3 bài to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom) 服 软 fú ruǎn to admit defeat / to give in / to acknowledge a mistake / to apologize / to be amenable to persuasion 不 分 胜 负 bù fēn shèng fù unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom) / evenly matched / to come out even / to tie / to draw 打 不 过 dǎ bu guò to be unable to defeat / to be no match for (sb) 以 弱 胜 强 yǐ ruò shèng qiáng using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom) / to win from a position of weakness 胜 不 骄 ， 败 不 馁 shèng bù jiāo , bài bù něi no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat 擒 贼 擒 王 qín zéi qín wáng to defeat the enemy by capturing their chief (idiom) 纳 降 nà xiáng to surrender / to accept defeat 认 头 rèn tóu to admit defeat / to accept having lost 输 不 起 shū bù qǐ to take defeat with bad grace / to be a sore loser / cannot afford to lose 转 败 为 胜 zhuàn bài wéi shèng to turn defeat into victory (idiom) / snatching victory from the jaws of defeat 有 损 条 约 的 目 标 和 宗 旨 to defeat the object and purpose of a treaty 棒 杀 bàng shā to bludgeon to death / (fig.) to defeat sb by publicly criticizing them 一 箭 之 仇 yī jiàn zhī chóu a wrong suffered (idiom) / old grievance / previous defeat 认 栽 rèn zāi to admit defeat 分 锅 fēn guō (dialect) to set up separate households / (sports etc) to analyze the reasons for a defeat 虽 败 犹 荣 suī bài yóu róng honorable even in defeat (idiom) 节 节 败 退 jié jié bài tuì to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat 折 戟 沉 沙 zhé jǐ chén shā lit. broken halberds embedded in the sand (idiom) / fig. reminder of a fierce battle / remnants of a disastrous defeat 完 败 wán bài (sports) to be trounced (by an opponent) / crushing defeat 输 得 起 shū de qǐ can afford to lose / to take defeat with good grace 完 虐 wán nu:è to trounce / to convincingly defeat / to significantly outperform 擒 贼 擒 王 qín zéi - qín wáng (idiom) to defeat the enemy by capturing their leader 认 负 rèn fù to admit defeat 负 隅 顽 抗 fù yú - wán kàng (idiom) to put up fierce resistance despite being surrounded / to stubbornly refuse to admit defeat 
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