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Trad. 敗北
- (literary) to be routed (in a war)
- to suffer defeat (in sports etc)
Trad. 失敗
- to be defeated
- to lose
- to fail (e.g. experiments)
- failure
- defeat
- CL:次[ci4]
Trad. 敗筆
- a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting
- a faulty expression in writing
Trad. 敗胃
- (of food or medicine) to impair digestion; to suppress appetite
- (fig.) (of some objectionable aspect of sth) to cause one to lose interest; to put one off
Trad. 敗落
- (of status or wealth) to decline
- (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated
- run-down
- (of plants) to wilt
Trad. 反腐敗
- to oppose corruption
- anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
Trad. 驕兵必敗
- lit. an arrogant army is bound to lose (idiom)
- fig. pride goes before a fall
Trad. 雖敗猶榮
- honorable even in defeat (idiom)
Trad. 著著失敗
- (idiom) to fail at every step of the way
- Taiwan pr. [zhuo2zhuo2shi1bai4]
Trad. 驕者必敗
- pride goes before a fall (idiom)
Trad. 獨孤求敗
- Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] novels
Trad. 反敗為勝
- to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
Trad. 轉敗為勝
- to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
Trad. 坐觀成敗
- 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
Trad. 敗柳殘花
- broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
Trad. 一敗塗地
- lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)
- fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
Trad. 屢戰屢敗
- to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
Trad. 屢敗屢戰
- to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
Trad. 成敗利鈍
- succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages
- success and failure
- You win some, you lose some.
Trad. 成敗得失
- lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom)
- fig. to weigh up various factors
Trad. 成敗論人
- to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
Trad. 不分勝敗
- to not be able to distinguish who's winning
Trad. 殘兵敗將
- ruined army, defeated general (idiom); scattered remnants
Trad. 功敗垂成
- to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
- to fall at the last hurdle
- snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Trad. 殘垣敗壁
- lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)
- fig. scene of devastation
- ruins
Trad. 兩敗俱傷
- both sides suffer (idiom)
- neither side wins
Trad. 身敗名裂
- to lose one's standing
- to have one's reputation swept away
- a complete defeat and fall from grace
Trad. 成王敗寇
- see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]
Trad. 優勝劣敗
- see 優勝劣汰|优胜劣汰[you1 sheng4 lie4 tai4]
Trad. 殘花敗柳
- broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
Trad. 節節敗退
- to retreat again and again in defeat
- to suffer defeat after defeat
Trad. 氣急敗壞
- flustered and exasperated
- utterly discomfited
Trad. 兵敗如山倒
- troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
Trad. 以失敗而告終
- to succeed through failure
- to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
Trad. 成敗在此一舉
- success or failure depends on this single action; win or lose, it all ends here; this is the make-or-break moment
Trad. 失敗是成功之母
- Failure is the mother of success.
Trad. 勝不驕，敗不餒
- no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
Trad. 勝者王侯敗者寇
- the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
- history is written by the victors
Trad. 勝者王侯敗者賊
- see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4]
Trad. 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何
- lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1]
- fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
Trad. 成事不足，敗事有餘
- unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
- unable to do anything right
- never make, but always mar
Trad. 成則為王，敗則為寇
- lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)
- fig. losers are always in the wrong
Trad. 金玉其外，敗絮其中
- gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
Trad. 金玉其表，敗絮其中
- gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
Trad. 成者為王，敗者為寇
- see 成則為王，敗則為寇|成则为王，败则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]