Chinese Idioms - Chengyu

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    failed and wiped over the floor; to fail utterly

    yī
    一
    bài
    败
    tú
    涂
    dì
    地
    一败涂地
    yī bài tú dì

    Different translations of this Chinese idiom or chengyu

    • failed and wiped over the floor; to fail utterly
    • a crushing defeat
    • beaten and in a hopeless position

    Word by word translation of this Chinese idiom

    一
    yī
    one / 1 / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
    败
    bài
    to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither
    涂
    tú
    to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / street / (literary) mud / surname Tu / variant of 途[tú]
    地
    de
    -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
    dì
    earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[piàn]
    Data is based on CC-CEDICT. See the full data in action here MDBG Chinese-English dictionary.

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