yī​zhàn​jí​kuì

to collapse on the first battle

  • created sense approved 一战即溃/一戰即潰 · yī​zhàn​jí​kuì · to collapse on the first battle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一战即溃 / 一戰即潰

    yī​zhàn​jí​kuì

    to collapse on the first battle

    to be defeated instantly as soon as the fighting starts; to crumble at the first encounter

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · [as soon as] 战 (literal) → 战/戰 · zhàn · war 即 (literal) → 即 · jí · immediately 溃 (literal) → 溃/潰 · kuì · to be routed

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense