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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• 大败走(大敗走) ran away in defeat
• 金玉其表，败絮其中(金玉其表，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
• 毁败(毀敗) to break; to destroy ; a victim of slander
• 成败得失(成敗得失) lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom); fig. to weigh up various factors
• 两败俱伤(兩敗俱傷) both sides suffer ; neither side wins
• 败军(敗軍) to be defeated in battle ; a defeated army
• 政治腐败(政治腐敗) political corruption
• 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
• 兵败将亡(兵敗將亡) soldiers defeated and commander dead
• 败絮(敗絮) ruined; broken down; shabby
• 彻底失败(徹底失敗) utter failure
• 败走(敗走) to run away (in defeat)
• 腐败罪(腐敗罪) the crime of corruption
• 败不成军(敗不成軍) The army is completely routed.
• 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
• 残兵败将(殘兵敗將) ruined army, defeated general; scattered remnants
• 屡败屡战(屢敗屢戰) to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks
• 气急败坏(氣急敗壞) flustered and exasperated; utterly discomfited
• 骄者必败(驕者必敗) pride goes before a fall
• 残败(殘敗) dilapidated; in ruins
• 败落寺院(敗落寺院) a dilapidated monastery
• 诈败(詐敗) to pretend to be defeated
• 败军之将(敗軍之將) the general of a defeated army
• 败德(敗德) evil conduct
• 失败主义(失敗主義) defeatism
• 挫败(挫敗) to thwart; to foil; to defeat
• 伤风败俗(傷風敗俗) offending public morals
• 家败人亡(家敗人亡) to ruin a family and cause the death of family members
• 纳败缺(納敗缺) to lose; to be lacking
• 败散(敗散) defeated and scattered
• 败子回头(敗子回頭) return of the prodigal son
• 败胃(敗胃) spoil one's appetite
• 连败(連敗) consecutive defeats; to lose several times in a row
• 败缺(敗缺) a handle; a loophole
• 击败(擊敗) to defeat
• 成败(成敗) success or failure; success and failure ; to do something leading to failure
• 屡战屡败(屢戰屢敗) to suffer defeat in every battle
• 优胜劣败(優勝劣敗) survival of the fittest
• 道德败坏(道德敗壞) vice; immorality; moral turpitude
• 败子(敗子) spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
• 败光(敗光) to squander one's fortune; to dissipate one's wealth
• 败落(敗落) to decline ; to wilt [of plants] ; run-down
• 败阵(敗陣) to be defeated in battle
• 败坏(敗壞) to ruin; to corrupt; to undermine
• 败战(敗戰) to lose a war
• 打败(打敗) to defeat; to overpower; to beat
• 败柳残花(敗柳殘花) broken flower, withered willow; fallen woman
• 骄兵必败(驕兵必敗) an arrogant army is bound to lose; pride goes before a fall
• 惨败(慘敗) to suffer a crushing defeat
• 失败者(失敗者) loser

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皖系战败

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• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 49
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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
• 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