大败

大敗

dàbài

verb #29,326

Meanings

1 to suffer a crushing defeat
2 to defeat decisively
3 to be routed

Characters

big; great; severe

to defeat; to lose; to be defeated

Examples

主队在决赛中大败对手，以五比零获胜。

Zhǔduì zài juésài zhōng dàbài duìshǒu, yǐ wǔ bǐ líng huòshèng.

The home team decisively defeated their opponents in the final, winning five to zero.

拿破仑在滑铁卢大败，从此结束了他的帝国梦。

Nǎpòlún zài Huátièlú dàbài, cóngcǐ jiéshù le tā de dìguó mèng.

Napoleon suffered a crushing defeat at Waterloo, ending his imperial dream.

Tips

usage

大败 is ambiguous in direction: it can mean either 'to inflict a crushing defeat (on someone)' or 'to suffer a crushing defeat'. Context and sentence structure clarify which meaning applies.

Stroke Order

大 dà

败 bài