兵敗如山倒

See also: 兵败如山倒

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	be defeated; to defeat; loss	as (if); such as	mountain; hill	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
trad. (兵敗如山倒)		兵	敗	如	山	倒
simp. (兵败如山倒)		兵	败	如	山	倒
Literally: “the troops are defeated like a mountain being toppled”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīng bài rú shān dǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥㄅㄞˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄢㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ baai⁶ jyu⁴ saan¹ dou²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥㄅㄞˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄢㄉㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing bay ru shan dao
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bing bài rú shan dǎo
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing¹ baai⁶ jyu⁴ saan¹ dou²
  - Yale: bīng baaih yùh sāan dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ baai⁶ jy⁴ saan¹ dou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ bai⁶ yu⁴ san¹ dou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ päːi̯²² jyː²¹ säːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

Idiom

兵敗如山倒

to be soundly defeated
- 半決賽江蘇兵敗如山倒　廣東取開門紅 [MSC, trad.]
  半决赛江苏兵败如山倒　广东取开门红 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2006: 报喜鸟 (Bao Xiniao), 半决赛江苏兵败如山倒广东取开门红 (News headline)
  bànjuésài Jiāngsū bīngbàirúshāndǎo; Guǎngdōng qǔ kāiménhóng [Pinyin]
  Jiangsu soundly defeated during semi-finals Guangdong off to a good start
to suffer a major setback

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