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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不败之地(不敗之地) invincible position
失败(失敗) to be defeated
败军(敗軍) to be defeated in battle ; a defeated army
打败(打敗) to defeat / to overpower / to beat
败落(敗落) to decline ; to wilt [of plants] ; run-down
腐败(腐敗) to rot / to decompose ; to be corrupt ; to lack vitality
败坏(敗壞) to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine
惨败(慘敗) to suffer a crushing defeat
衰败(衰敗) to decay
击败(擊敗) to defeat / to beat
成败(成敗) success or failure / success and failure ; to do something leading to failure
破败(破敗) to defeat / to crush / to beat / to ruin / to destroy / to decline
成败(成敗) success or failure / success and failure ; to do something leading to failure
败诉(敗訴) to lose a lawsuit
慈母多败儿(慈母多敗兒) a mother who lavishes too much love on her children spoils them
反败为胜(反敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory
挫败(挫敗) to thwart / to foil / to defeat
胜败(勝敗) victory or defeat / result
大败(大敗) to defeat / to inflict a defeat on sb
败走(敗走) to run away (in defeat)
败绩(敗績) to be utterly defeated / to be routed
战败(戰敗) to be efeated / to lose a war
败子(敗子) spendthrift / wastrel / prodigal
败北(敗北) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
颓败(頹敗) to decay / to decline / to become corrupt
成败得失(成敗得失) lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors
优胜劣败(優勝劣敗) survival of the fittest
败战(敗戰) to lose a war
败絮(敗絮) ruined / broken down / shabby
败类(敗類) scum of a community / degenerate
政治腐败(政治腐敗) political corruption
败光(敗光) to squander one's fortune / to dissipate one's wealth
落败(落敗) to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
功败垂成(功敗垂成) to fail within sight of success / last-minute failure/to fall at the last hurdle/snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
败仗(敗仗) lost battle / defeat
败露(敗露) (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
败德(敗德) evil conduct
败笔(敗筆) a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
败阵(敗陣) to be defeated in battle
贪污腐败(貪污腐敗) corruption
残败(殘敗) dilapidated / in ruins
败退(敗退) to retreat in defeat
败家子(敗家子) spendthrift / wastrel / prodigal
溃败(潰敗) utterly defeated / routed / crushed / to collapse (of army)
败兴(敗興) disappointed
败火(敗火) relieve inflammation or internal heat
败亡(敗亡) to be defeated and dispersed

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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: 40
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: 6
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
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
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
告败 (告敗) 滅不告敗 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 3