Nápòlún zài Huátiělú dàbài, cóngcǐ jiéshù le tā de dìguó mèng.
Napoleon suffered a crushing defeat at Waterloo, ending his imperial dream.
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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.
