身败名裂
shēn​bài​míng​liè

to be disgraced

  • created sense approved 身败名裂/身敗名裂 · shēn​bài​míng​liè · to be disgraced — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    身败名裂 / 身敗名裂

    shēn​bài​míng​liè

    to be disgraced

    to lose one's standing and have one's reputation completely ruined; a total fall from grace

    身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · status 败 (literal) → 败/敗 · bài · to damage 名 (literal) → 名 · míng · reputation 裂 (literal) → 裂 · liè · to split

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

    created sense