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to be defeated / to lose / to fail (e.g. experiments) / failure / defeat / CL:
HSK 4
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to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither
HSK 4
to defeat / to overpower / to beat / to be defeated
HSK 4
corruption / to corrupt / to rot / rotten
HSK 7-9
to defeat / to beat
lost battle / defeat
(of a plot etc) to fall through and stand exposed
success or failure
to lose a lawsuit
to be utterly defeated; to be routed
lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
to defeat / to crush (in battle) / beaten / ruined / destroyed / in decline
(literary) to be routed (in a war) / to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
to suffer a crushing defeat
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
to decline / to wane / to decay / to deteriorate
to ruin / to corrupt / to undermine
to thwart; to foil (sb's plans) / a setback; a failure; a defeat
to retreat in defeat
flustered and exasperated / utterly discomfited
scum of a community / degenerate
to defeat / to inflict a defeat on sb
to suffer a defeat / to fail / to fall behind
lost game / losing battle
to squander a family fortune
to lose one's standing / to have one's reputation swept away / a complete defeat and fall from grace
both sides suffer (idiom) / neither side wins
victory or defeat / result
(of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt
(idiom) invincible position
relieve inflammation or internal heat
to run away (in defeat)
Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸 novels
to be utterly defeated / to be routed
(TCM) to relieve inflamation and internal heat / to detoxify
to decay / to decline / to become corrupt
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure / to fall at the last hurdle / snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
to lose a war
disappointed
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信 being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
offending public morals (idiom)
(milk) to turn sour / (meat, fish) to go off
to be defeated and dispersed
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom) / fig. to weigh up various factors
ruined / broken down / shabby
lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom) / fig. pride goes before a fall
dilapidated / in ruins
to be defeated on the battlefield / to be beaten in a contest
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence
ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages / success and failure / You win some, you lose some.
to ruin / corrupt
consecutive defeats / to lose several times in a row
to lose a war / fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
evil conduct
to wither and fall
to squander one's fortune / to dissipate one's wealth
spoil one's appetite
honorable even in defeat (idiom)
loser
defeated / routed / crushed
to oppose corruption / anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
to retreat again and again in defeat / to suffer defeat after defeat
vice / immorality / moral turpitude
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
pride goes before a fall (idiom)
crushed / utterly defeated
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
septicaemia
to succeed through failure / to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
defeatism
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
to not be able to distinguish who's winning
to collapse (of building)
no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom) / history is written by the victors
Failure is the mother of success.
(sports) to be trounced (by an opponent) / crushing defeat
to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom) / fig. losers are always in the wrong
win or lose, it all ends here / this is the moment to shine
to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
The army is completely routed. (idiom)
return of the prodigal son
spendthrift; wastrel; prodigal
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
perishable
lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom) / fig. scene of devastation / ruins
the crime of corruption

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