yī​bài​tú​dì

defeated

一败涂地 (一敗塗地) yī​bài​tú​dì
defeated idiom
to suffer a crushing defeat or total failure; literally, to be so utterly beaten that the ground is covered in remains

Due to a major strategic error, his startup plan ended in complete failure.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
1.67 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.11 per million

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