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Trad. 潰
- (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike
- (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement)
- (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces
- (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
Trad. 潰不成軍
- (idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
Trad. 一觸即潰
- to collapse on the first encounter
- to give way at once
Trad. 千里之堤,潰於蟻穴
- lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
- fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
