1. consecutive defeats2. to lose several times in a row
1. (milk) to turn sour2. (meat, fish) to go off
1. to decay2. to decline3. to become corrupt
1. to oppose corruption2. anti-graft (measures, policy etc)
(idiom) invincible position
1. to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides2. to sit on the fence
to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
1. succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages2. success and failure3. You win some, you lose some.
1. lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom)2. fig. to weigh up various factors
to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
(idiom) one's defeated opponent
return of the prodigal son
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
1. lit. walls reduced to rubble (idiom)2. fig. scene of devastation3. ruins
broken flower, withered willow (idiom); fig. fallen woman
Dugu Qiubai, a fictional character appearing in 金庸[jīn yōng] novels
1. to retreat again and again in defeat2. to suffer defeat after defeat
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
1. vice2. immorality3. moral turpitude
honorable even in defeat (idiom)
pride goes before a fall (idiom)
兵败如山倒 兵敗如山倒 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
see 优胜劣汰[yōu shèng liè tài]
see 成則為王，成则为王，败则为寇[chéng zé wéi wáng bài zé wéi kòu]
to collapse (of building)
1. defeated2. routed3. crushed
1. to squander one's fortune2. to dissipate one's wealth
1. to lose a war2. fig. the loser (in a competition or election)
to not be able to distinguish who's winning
1. crushed2. utterly defeated
1. to fail at every step of the way2. Taiwan pr. [zhuó zhuó shī bài]
以失败而告终 以失敗而告終 yǐ shī bài ér gào zhōng 1. to succeed through failure2. to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback
成败在此一举 成敗在此一舉 chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ success or failure depends on this single action; win or lose, it all ends here; this is the make-or-break moment
胜不骄，败不馁 勝不驕，敗不餒 shèng bù jiāo , bài bù něi no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat
胜者王侯败者寇 勝者王侯敗者寇 shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu 1. the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)2. history is written by the victors
失败是成功之母 失敗是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ Failure is the mother of success.
成也萧何，败也萧何 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何 chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé 1. lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韩信[hán xìn] being made Grand General 大将军[dà jiāng jūn]2. fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
成事不足，败事有余 成事不足，敗事有餘 chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú 1. unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)2. unable to do anything right3. never make, but always mar
成则为王，败则为寇 成則為王，敗則為寇 chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu 1. lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom)2. fig. losers are always in the wrong
金玉其外，败絮其中 金玉其外，敗絮其中 jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)
金玉其表，败絮其中 金玉其表，敗絮其中 jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)