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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开败(開敗) to wither and fall
伤风败俗(傷風敗俗) offending public morals
失败(失敗) to be defeated
成败得失(成敗得失) lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors
腐败罪(腐敗罪) the crime of corruption
成败(成敗) success or failure; success and failure ; to do something leading to failure
虽败犹荣(雖敗猶榮) honorable even in defeat
败阵(敗陣) to be defeated in battle
颓败(頹敗) to decay; to decline; to become corrupt
易腐败(易腐敗) perishable
天命成败(天命成敗) success and failure are determined by the mandate of heaven
败子回头(敗子回頭) return of the prodigal son
失败者(失敗者) loser
反败为胜(反敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory
败亡(敗亡) to be defeated and dispersed
败坏(敗壞) to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
败光(敗光) to squander one's fortune; to dissipate one's wealth
败诉(敗訴) to lose a lawsuit
成败论人(成敗論人) to judge people based on their success or failure
败德(敗德) evil conduct
不败之地(不敗之地) invincible position
败仗(敗仗) lost battle; defeat
节节败退(節節敗退) to retreat again and again in defeat; to suffer defeat after defeat
败笔(敗筆) a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing
败落寺院(敗落寺院) a dilapidated monastery
大败走(大敗走) ran away in defeat
破败不堪(破敗不堪) crushed; utterly defeated
腐败(腐敗) to rot; to decompose ; to be corrupt ; to lack vitality
壹败涂地(壹敗塗地) beaten and wiped over the floor; to fail utterly; a crushing 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
败家子(敗家子) spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
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
诈败(詐敗) to pretend to be defeated
慈母多败儿(慈母多敗兒) a mother who lavishes too much love on her children spoils them
两败俱伤(兩敗俱傷) both sides suffer ; neither side wins
残兵败将(殘兵敗將) ruined army, defeated general; scattered remnants
残花败柳(殘花敗柳) spoiled flower, withered willow; a fallen woman
立于不败之地(立於不敗之地) in a position which makes defeat impossible
败走(敗走) to run away (in defeat)
败落(敗落) to decline ; to wilt [of plants] ; run-down
败北(敗北) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
转败为胜(轉敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory; snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
以失败而告终(以失敗而告終) to succeed through failure; to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
败兴(敗興) disappointed
败军(敗軍) to be defeated in battle ; a defeated army
败子(敗子) spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
失败是成功之母(失敗是成功之母) Failure is the mother of success.
着着失败(著著失敗) to fail at every step of the way
兵败将亡(兵敗將亡) soldiers defeated and commander dead
成则为王，败则为寇(成則為王，敗則為寇) called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated; losers are always in the wrong

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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
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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
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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
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
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