bài

Traditional: 敗

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败 (bài) is a Chinese word meaning “to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to defeat
  2. 2to damage
  3. 3to lose (to an opponent)
  4. 4to fail
  5. 5to wither
Part of speech
verb

Related words

失败to be defeated打败to defeat失败者loser击败to defeat腐败corruption败类scum of a community挫败to thwart; to foil (sb's plans)成败success or failure一败涂地lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)败坏to ruin惨败to suffer a crushing defeat战败to lose a war

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