节节败退

節節敗退

jiéjié-bàituì

idiom

Meanings

HSK 5

在市场竞争中，老品牌节节败退。

Zài shìchǎng jìngzhēng zhōng, lǎo pǐnpái jiéjié-bàituì.

In market competition, the old brands have been steadily losing ground.

HSK 7-9

敌军节节败退，我方乘胜追击。

Díjūn jiéjié-bàituì, wǒfāng chéngshèng-zhuījī.

The enemy kept retreating, and our side pressed the advantage.

memory

节 here means 'joint / segment' - picture retreating position by position, stage by stage, never holding a line.

节 jié

败 bài

退 tuì