溃败

潰敗

kuìbài

verb #30,918

Meanings

1 to be utterly defeated
2 to be routed
3 to collapse in defeat

Characters

to burst, collapse, breach

Examples

HSK 7-9

敌军在援军到来之前已经溃败。

Díjūn zài yuánjūn dàolái zhīqián yǐjīng kuìbài.

The enemy was routed before reinforcements arrived.

HSK 7-9

球队在下半场全面溃败。

Qiúduì zài xiàbànchǎng quánmiàn kuìbài.

The team collapsed completely in the second half.

Tips

memory

溃 originally means 'to burst/breach' (think a dam giving way: 溃堤 kuìdī 'dyke breach'). 溃败 = the moment a defensive line bursts and collapses into rout - much stronger than 失败 'lose / fail'.

Stroke Order

溃 kuì

败 bài