一败涂地
yī​bài​tú​dì

to suffer a crushing defeat

  • created sense approved 一败涂地/一敗塗地 · yī​bài​tú​dì · to suffer a crushing defeat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    一败涂地 / 一敗塗地

    yī​bài​tú​dì

    to suffer a crushing defeat

    (idiom) to be completely defeated or to fail miserably beyond the point of recovery; literally, to be so utterly crushed that the ground is covered in remains

    yí​bài​tú​dì

    一 (literal) → 一 · yī · whole 败 (literal) → 败/敗 · bài · to be defeated 涂 (literal) → 涂/塗 · tú · mud 地 (literal) → 地 · dì · earth

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

    created sense