一败涂地

yíbàitúdì

fail completely; suffer a crushing defeat; be routed

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bite the ground; hunt grass; suffering a crushing defeat

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bite the ground; hunt grass

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yi1 bai4 tu2 di4

failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly, a crushing defeat, beaten and in a hopeless position

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一败涂地

yī bài tú dì

suffer a big (final; crushing) defeat; a complete loss; an overwhelming defeat; be a dead failure; beat sb. all to pieces (to nothing; all to ribbons; to sticks); beat sb. hollow (all hollow); be ignominiously defeated; be put to rout; be ruined completely; collapse completely; fall to the ground; get the worst of it; suffer a thorough defeat; sustain a crushing defeat; utter failure or defeat; wiped out at one blow:

我们有准备， 决不会一败涂地。 We just can't possibly fail completely, after all the preparations we've made.

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一敗塗地|一败涂地 [yī bài tú dì] ► failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly ► a crushing defeat ► beaten and in a hopeless position