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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成败利钝(成敗利鈍) succeed or fail, sharp or blunt; advantages and disadvantages; success and failure
败军之际(敗軍之際) following the defeat
慈母多败儿(慈母多敗兒) a mother who lavishes too much love on her children spoils them
败局(敗局) lost game; losing battle
败德(敗德) evil conduct
成败(成敗) success or failure; success and failure ; to do something leading to failure
失败者(失敗者) loser
优胜劣败(優勝劣敗) survival of the fittest
败散(敗散) defeated and scattered
道德败坏(道德敗壞) vice; immorality; moral turpitude
打败(打敗) to defeat; to overpower; to beat
金玉其外，败絮其中(金玉其外，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
酸败(酸敗) (milk) to turn sour; (meat, fish) to go off
败绩(敗績) to be utterly defeated; to be routed ; to spoil an achievement
败诉(敗訴) to lose a lawsuit
诈败(詐敗) to pretend to be defeated
败缺(敗缺) a handle; a loophole
败仗(敗仗) lost battle; defeat
家败人亡(家敗人亡) to ruin a family and cause the death of family members
兵败将亡(兵敗將亡) soldiers defeated and commander dead
败阵(敗陣) to be defeated in battle
大败走(大敗走) ran away in defeat
败笔(敗筆) a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting; a faulty expression in writing
败北(敗北) to be routed (in a war); to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
失败(失敗) to be defeated
窳败(窳敗) to ruin; corrupt
败毒(敗毒) (TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat; to detoxify
立于不败之地(立於不敗之地) in a position which makes defeat impossible
政治腐败(政治腐敗) political corruption
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
败絮(敗絮) ruined; broken down; shabby
彻底失败(徹底失敗) utter failure
腐败罪(腐敗罪) the crime of 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
连败(連敗) consecutive defeats; to lose several times in a row
败落(敗落) to decline ; to wilt [of plants] ; run-down
败落寺院(敗落寺院) a dilapidated monastery
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
金玉其表，败絮其中(金玉其表，敗絮其中) gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside
破败(破敗) to defeat; to crush; to beat; to ruin; to destroy; to decline
残败(殘敗) dilapidated; in ruins
败露(敗露) (of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
虽败犹荣(雖敗猶榮) honorable even in defeat
败走(敗走) to run away (in defeat)
颓败(頹敗) to decay; to decline; to become corrupt
败亡(敗亡) to be defeated and dispersed
败火(敗火) relieve inflammation or internal heat
开败(開敗) to wither and fall
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: 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

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
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