HSK C4/W3/V4
Correct
败
/ bài /
Strokes
Definition
to defeat/to damage/to lose (to an opponent)/to fail/to wither
Example
As a Verb
spoil; tarnish; mar
1
Shìqing
事情
kěnéng
可能
jiù
就
bài
败
zài
在
tā
他
de
的
shǒulǐ
手里
。
He may spoil the whole show.
As a Verb
fail; not succeed (in doing)
2
Bù
不
jì
计
chéngbài
成败
not care much/be indifferent about success or failure
As a Verb
be defeated; lose
3
Tā
他
bài
败
gěi
给
le
了
mínzhǔdǎng
民主党
hòuxuǎnrén
候选人
。
He fell/lost to the Democratic candidate.
4
Gāiduì
该队
shàngzhōurì
上周日
yǐ
以
0 6
0∶6
dà
大
bài
败
。
The team suffered a crushing defeat last Sunday. The score was zero to six.
5
Cháng
常
bài
败
jiāngjūn
将军
a no-win/winless general; eternal loser
6
Cǎnbài
惨败
be heavily defeated
7
Bài
败
yú
于
kèduì
客队
lost to/be beaten by the visiting team
As a Verb
defeat; beat; vanquish; outplay
8
Wǒ
我
zài
在
bǐsài
比赛
zhōng
中
dǎbài
打败
le
了
tā
他
。
I beat him in the match.
9
Dàbài
大败
díjūn
敌军
defeat the enemy heavily; trounce the enemy; inflict a severe defeat on the enemy troops
As a Verb
ruin; impoverish
As an Adjective
worn; torn; rotten
As an Adjective
faded; withered
As a Verb
counteract