Chinese Notes

败 (敗) bài

bài verb to defeat / to vanquish
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 打败 or 战胜 (Guoyu '敗' v 1; Kroll 2015 '敗' 1; NCCED '败' 4; Unihan '敗')
bài verb to decline
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 衰落; for example, the idiom 家败人亡 'the family declined and people died' (Guoyu '敗' v 6; Kroll 2015 '敗' 1b; NCCED '败' 7; Unihan '敗')
bài verb to fail
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '败' 2; Unihan '敗')
bài verb to rot / to spoil / to tarnish
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 腐烂 (Guoyu '敗' v 5; Kroll 2015 '敗' 2; NCCED '败' 1)
bài verb to lose / to be defeated
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 被打败 (Guoyu '敗' v 2; NCCED '败' 3; Unihan '敗')
bài verb to ruin / to damage
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 损坏 (Guoyu '敗' v 4; NCCED '败' 5)
bài adjective worn
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (NCCED '败' 6)
bài noun a defeat
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '敗' n 1)
bài noun failure
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '敗' n 2)
bài verb to destroy / to wreck
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 破坏 (Guoyu '敗' v 3)
bài verb to dispel / to eliminate / to remove
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 消除 (Guoyu '敗' v 7)
bài adjective withered
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 消除 (Guoyu '敗' v 7)

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金玉其表，败絮其中(金玉其表，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
不分胜败(不分勝敗) to not be able to distinguish who's winning
颓败(頹敗) to decay / to decline / to become corrupt
败北(敗北) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
败家子(敗家子) spendthrift / wastrel / prodigal
败光(敗光) to squander one's fortune / to dissipate one's wealth
成败利钝(成敗利鈍) succeed or fail, sharp or blunt / advantages and disadvantages / success and failure
败局(敗局) lost game / losing battle
败笔(敗筆) a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
残花败柳(殘花敗柳) spoiled flower, withered willow / a fallen woman
败柳残花(敗柳殘花) broken flower, withered willow / fallen woman
成败(成敗) success or failure / success and failure ; to do something leading to failure
败退(敗退) to retreat in defeat
残兵败将(殘兵敗將) ruined army, defeated general / scattered remnants
善败之端(善敗之端) bringing good and bad
腐败罪(腐敗罪) the crime of corruption
成败在此一举(成敗在此一舉) win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine
贪污腐败(貪污腐敗) corruption
击败(擊敗) to defeat / to beat
战败(戰敗) to be efeated / to lose a war
败德(敗德) evil conduct
败军之际(敗軍之際) following the defeat
成也萧何，败也萧何(成也蕭何，敗也蕭何) raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He
倒败(倒敗) to collapse (of building)
着着失败(著著失敗) to fail at every step of the way
溃败(潰敗) utterly defeated / routed / crushed / to collapse (of army)
败类(敗類) scum of a community / degenerate
金玉其外，败絮其中(金玉其外，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
成败论人(成敗論人) to judge people based on their success or failure
转败为胜(轉敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory / snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
政治腐败(政治腐敗) political corruption
骄者必败(驕者必敗) pride goes before a fall
失败主义(失敗主義) defeatism
窳败(窳敗) to ruin / corrupt
道德败坏(道德敗壞) vice / immorality / moral turpitude
一败涂地(一敗塗地) failed and wiped over the floor / to fail utterly / a crushing defeat / beaten and in a hopeless position
家败人亡(家敗人亡) the family declined and people died
酸败(酸敗) (milk) to turn sour / (meat, fish) to go off
气急败坏(氣急敗壞) flustered and exasperated / utterly discomfited
落败(落敗) to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
失败(失敗) to be defeated
衰败(衰敗) to decay
败坏(敗壞) to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine
连败(連敗) consecutive defeats / to lose several times in a row
屡战屡败(屢戰屢敗) to suffer defeat in every battle
大败(大敗) to defeat / to inflict a defeat on sb
败子回头(敗子回頭) return of the prodigal son
优胜劣败(優勝劣敗) survival of the fittest
败战(敗戰) to lose a war

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败种、皖系战败

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卷七　　　　　　本紀第七　德宗　順宗　憲宗 Volume 7 Annals 7: Dezong, Shunzong, Xianzong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 79
卷六　　　　　　本紀第六　肅宗　代宗 Volume 6 Annals 6: Suzong, Daizong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 77
昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 49
《十二諸侯年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Feudal Lords Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 47
《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 45
卷七十二　列傳第十:　婁室子:活女謀衍仲(本名石古乃)，族子:海里銀朮可子:彀英(本名撻懶) 母弟:麻吉(子:沃側) 弟:拔離速習古乃 Volume 72 Biographies 10: Lou Shi and son: Huonu, Mou Yan, Zhong (formerly named Shigunai)，descendant: Haili, Yin Paike and son: Gou Ying (formerly named Talan), Mu younger brother: Maji (son: Woce), younger brother: Ba Lisu, Xi Gunai History of Jin 金史 — count: 41
卷五　　　　　　本紀第五　睿宗　玄宗 Volume 5 Annals 5: Ruizong, Xuanzong New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 40
僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 38
卷十五　本紀第十五:　宣宗中 Volume 15 Annals 15: Xuanzong 2 History of Jin 金史 — count: 36
卷二百七十三列傳第一百六十一左良玉高傑祖寬 Volume 273 Biographies 161: Zuo Liangyu, Gao Jie, Zu Kuan History of Ming 明史 — count: 35

Collocations

败狄 (敗狄) 以敗狄于采桑 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 10
公败 (公敗) 公敗宋師于菅 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 9
人败 (人敗) 鄭二公子以制人敗燕師于北制 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 8
师败 (師敗) 諸侯之師敗鄭徒兵 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 7
败宋 (敗宋) 敗宋師于黃 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
败楚 (敗楚) 鄭伯敗楚師于柳棼 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 5
师大败 (師大敗) 息師大敗而還 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
败秦 (敗秦) 晉人及姜戎敗秦師于殽 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
败戎 (敗戎) 鄭人大敗戎師 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 4
欲败 (欲敗) 欲敗度 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書太甲中 Shang Shu - Tai Jia II — count: 3