败 (敗) bài

1. 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')
2. 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')
3. bài verb to fail
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '败' 2; Unihan '敗')
4. 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)
5. 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')
6. 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)
7. bài adjective worn
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (NCCED '败' 6)
8. bài noun a defeat
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '敗' n 1)
9. bài noun failure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '敗' n 2)
10. bài verb to destroy; to wreck
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 破坏 (Guoyu '敗' v 3)
11. 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)
12. bài adjective withered
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 消除 (Guoyu '敗' v 7)

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• 贪污腐败(貪污腐敗) corruption
• 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
• 反腐败(反腐敗) to oppose corruption; anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
• 败笔(敗筆) a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing
• 节节败退(節節敗退) to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat
• 败露(敗露) (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
• 残花败柳(殘花敗柳) spoiled flower, withered willow; a fallen woman
• 坐观成败(坐觀成敗) to sit and await success or failure; to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
• 败柳残花(敗柳殘花) broken flower, withered willow; fallen woman
• 诈败(詐敗) to pretend to be defeated
• 金玉其外，败絮其中(金玉其外，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
• 连败(連敗) consecutive defeats; to lose several times in a row
• 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
• 败战(敗戰) to lose a war
• 屡败屡战(屢敗屢戰) to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks
• 转败为胜(轉敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory; snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
• 打败(打敗) to defeat; to overpower; to beat
• 胜不骄，败不馁(勝不驕，敗不餒) no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
• 道德败坏(道德敗壞) vice; immorality; moral turpitude
• 胜者王侯败者寇(勝者王侯敗者寇) the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits
• 不分胜败(不分勝敗) to not be able to distinguish who's winning
• 残兵败将(殘兵敗將) ruined army, defeated general; scattered remnants
• 毁败(毀敗) to break; to destroy ; a victim of slander
• 大败(大敗) to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb
• 败火(敗火) relieve inflammation or internal heat
• 天命成败(天命成敗) success and failure are determined by the mandate of heaven
• 倒败(倒敗) to collapse (of building)
• 形迹败露(形跡敗露) evidence exposing a plot
• 骄者必败(驕者必敗) pride goes before a fall
• 骄兵必败(驕兵必敗) an arrogant army is bound to lose; pride goes before a fall
• 失败主义(失敗主義) defeatism
• 败落寺院(敗落寺院) a dilapidated monastery
• 败血症(敗血症) septicaemia
• 战败(戰敗) to be efeated; to lose a war
• 败北(敗北) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
• 败军(敗軍) to be defeated in battle ; a defeated army
• 败落(敗落) to decline ; to wilt [of plants] ; run-down
• 着着失败(著著失敗) to fail at every step of the way
• 伤风败俗(傷風敗俗) offending public morals
• 败缺(敗缺) a handle; a loophole
• 败军之际(敗軍之際) following the defeat
• 屡战屡败(屢戰屢敗) to suffer defeat in every battle
• 慈母多败儿(慈母多敗兒) a mother who lavishes too much love on her children spoils them
• 善败之端(善敗之端) bringing good and bad
• 破败不堪(破敗不堪) crushed; utterly defeated
• 反败为胜(反敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory
• 败不成军(敗不成軍) The army is completely routed.
• 败坏(敗壞) to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
• 成事不足，败事有余(成事不足，敗事有餘) unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything; unable to do anything right

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• 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

• 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: 13
• 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
• 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
• 败齐 (敗齊) 公敗齊師於長勺 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 3