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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破败(破敗) to defeat; to crush; to beat; to ruin; to destroy; to decline
残花败柳(殘花敗柳) spoiled flower, withered willow; a fallen woman
失败是成功之母(失敗是成功之母) Failure is the mother of success.
腐败罪(腐敗罪) the crime of corruption
败亡(敗亡) to be defeated and dispersed
败走(敗走) to run away (in defeat)
不分胜败(不分勝敗) to not be able to distinguish who's winning
败火(敗火) relieve inflammation or internal heat
胜不骄，败不馁(勝不驕，敗不餒) no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
窳败(窳敗) to ruin; corrupt
败柳残花(敗柳殘花) broken flower, withered willow; fallen woman
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
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
败阵(敗陣) to be defeated in battle
胜败(勝敗) victory or defeat; result
败絮(敗絮) ruined; broken down; shabby
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
败血症(敗血症) septicaemia
败散(敗散) defeated and scattered
败毒(敗毒) (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat; to detoxify
兵败将亡(兵敗將亡) soldiers defeated and commander dead
独孤求败(獨孤求敗) Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in novels
优胜劣败(優勝劣敗) survival of the fittest
败落(敗落) to decline ; to wilt [of plants] ; run-down
败坏(敗壞) to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
壹败涂地(壹敗塗地) beaten and wiped over the floor; to fail utterly; a crushing defeat
败子回头(敗子回頭) return of the prodigal son
成败得失(成敗得失) lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors
打败(打敗) to defeat; to overpower; to beat
善败之端(善敗之端) bringing good and bad
衰败(衰敗) to decay
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
败绩(敗績) to be utterly defeated; to be routed ; to spoil an achievement
金玉其表，败絮其中(金玉其表，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
败胃(敗胃) spoil one's appetite
慈母多败儿(慈母多敗兒) a mother who lavishes too much love on her children spoils them
失败(失敗) to be defeated
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
败家子(敗家子) spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
败不成军(敗不成軍) The army is completely routed.
败兴(敗興) disappointed
反败为胜(反敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory
败落寺院(敗落寺院) a dilapidated monastery
开败(開敗) to wither and fall
金玉其外，败絮其中(金玉其外，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
善败(善敗) success and failure ; good and bad; good and evil
败退(敗退) to retreat in defeat
毁败(毀敗) to break; to destroy ; a victim of slander
酸败(酸敗) (milk) to turn sour; (meat, fish) to go off
兵败如山倒(兵敗如山倒) troops in defeat like a landslide; a beaten army in total collapse

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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
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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
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
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
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: 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
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
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