DEFEAT 打敗
WIN against someone USING VIOLENCE AND DESTRUCTION, OFTEN USING MILITARY FORCE.
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Old Chinese Criteria
1. The current general word for defeating someoneor some state in any form of battle is bài 敗.
2. Pò 破 (ant. quán 全 "leave intact") refers to a complete routing of an opponent.
3. Jìn 盡 refers to the complete annihilation of an opponent.
4. Fù 覆 refers to the inflicting of a major defeat with lasting effects on an army.
5. Qīng 傾 refers to the toppling of a system of government.
6. Wáng 亡 (ant. cún 存 "allow to survive") refers specifically to causing the discontinuation of a state.
7. Cuò 挫 refers specifically to inflicting a military defeat on an army.
8. Bài jī 敗績 refers to a major military defeat.
9. Fù 負 occasionally refers to a defeat suffered, but usually in the combination shèng fù 勝負, and as a verb it does not take objects or complements. See FAIL
2. Pò 破 (ant. quán 全 "leave intact") refers to a complete routing of an opponent.
3. Jìn 盡 refers to the complete annihilation of an opponent.
4. Fù 覆 refers to the inflicting of a major defeat with lasting effects on an army.
5. Qīng 傾 refers to the toppling of a system of government.
6. Wáng 亡 (ant. cún 存 "allow to survive") refers specifically to causing the discontinuation of a state.
7. Cuò 挫 refers specifically to inflicting a military defeat on an army.
8. Bài jī 敗績 refers to a major military defeat.
9. Fù 負 occasionally refers to a defeat suffered, but usually in the combination shèng fù 勝負, and as a verb it does not take objects or complements. See FAIL
Modern Chinese Criteria
打敗
戰敗
擊敗
挫敗
摧敗
擊破
擊潰
粉碎
重創
敗
破
克敵制勝
克服
戰勝
消滅
撲滅
掃滅
滅
除
鋤
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
戰敗
擊敗
挫敗
摧敗
擊破
擊潰
粉碎
重創
敗
破
克敵制勝
克服
戰勝
消滅
撲滅
掃滅
滅
除
鋤
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
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Words
敗 bài OC: braads MC: bɣɛi 90 AttributionsWD
The current general word for defeating someoneor some state in any form of battle is bài 敗.
- Word relations
- Ant: 克 / 剋/WIN
Kè 克 (ant. shī 失 "lose in battle") refers to subduing an enemy force by military means, winning against an enemy so as to control him as a result. - Assoc: 亡/DIE
Wáng 亡 "cease to be" is a polite and periphrastic way of referring to death. - Assoc: 亡/DESTROY
Wáng 亡 (ant. fù 復 "reestablish") refers to the political/social ruin of a state and does not focus on any form of physical annihilation or damage. - Assoc: 禍/DISASTER
The most common general word for disasters is huò 禍 (ant. fú 福 "good fortune") which has no connotations of any metaphysical kind. (In OBI the character currently transcribed as huò 禍 - and closely related to 占 - refers not only to disasters as such, but particularly to disastrous omens.) - Synon: 覆/DEFEAT
Fù 覆 refers to the inflicting of a major defeat with lasting effects on an army.
- Syntactic words
- nab(.post-N)one's defeatCH
- nabpassiveread braads: military defeat; failure
- vadNpassivedoomed to suffer defeat;DS
- vi+N{PLACE}passivesuffer defeat at NDS
- vipassiveread braads: be defeated, suffer defeat
- vt(oN)causativeread braads: cause to be defeated
- vtoNread praads: inflict defeat on
- vtoNallowread braads: allow oneself to be defeated
- vtoNcausativeread praads: defeat (oneself)
- vtoNmiddle voiceread braads: be defeated; suffer defeat
- vtoNpassiveread braads: be defeated by N 再敗楚師 "be defeated by the Chu army for a second time" (Many ATTRIBUTIONS NEED TO BE MOVED TO FAIL)
- vtpost.npro:+prep+Npermissiveread braads: allow (oneself) to be defeated by N 自敗於秦
破 pò OC: phaals MC: phʷɑ 18 AttributionsWD
Pò 破 (ant. quán 全 "leave intact") refers to a complete routing of an opponent.
- Word relations
- Result: 戰/BATTLE
The general term is zhàn 戰 (ant. hé 和 "ceasing of hostilities, ceasefire") and refers to any military engagement at a given time. [GENERAL], [TEMPORARY] - Contrast: 拔/WIN
Bá 拔 and jǔ 舉 refers to conquering a place without necessarily keeping full control over it.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNHF 1.2.57: rout (the enemy one faces), smash the opponent
- vtoNpassivebe defeated, be completely routed
敗績 bài jī OC: braads skleeɡ MC: bɣɛi tsek 18 AttributionsWD
Bài jī 敗績 refers to a major military defeat.
- Syntactic words
- VPimiddle voicebe utterly defeated, suffer a severe defeat; be ruined (of a state)
- VPt+prep+Npassiveget defeated
挫 cuò OC: skools MC: tsʷɑ 11 AttributionsWD
Cuò 挫 refers specifically to inflicting a military defeat on an army.
- Syntactic words
- vipsych/actfeel defeated and behave accordinglyLZ
- vtoNput down and defeat
- vtoNfigurativegain the upper hand on, controlCH
- vtoNmiddle voiceget defeated
覆 fù OC: phuɡ MC: phuk 10 AttributionsWD
Fù 覆 refers to the inflicting of a major defeat with lasting effects on an army.
- Word relations
- Synon: 敗/DEFEAT
The current general word for defeating someoneor some state in any form of battle is bài 敗.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativecause to fall over, cause to topple> cause to be defeated
- vtoNcausativedefeat (oneself), bring about one's own defeat
負 fù OC: bɯʔ MC: bɨu 8 AttributionsWD
Fù 負 occasionally refers to a defeat suffered, but usually in the combination shèng fù 勝負, and as a verb it does not take objects or complements. See FAIL
- Word relations
- Ant: 勝/WIN
The current general word for winning or gaining the upper hand in any way, including warfare, is shèng 勝 (ant. bài 敗 "be defeated").
- Syntactic words
- nabresultdefeat
- v[adN]nonreferentialloser
- viacthave been defeated, have lost
- vipassiveto suffer defeat, be defeated
- vtoNfigurativedefeat > be better than, be superior to, be preferable to
盡 jìn OC: dzinʔ MC: dzin 7 AttributionsWD
Jìn 盡 refers to the complete annihilation of an opponent.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNrout completely, wipe out completely
- vtoNpassivebe routed completely
服 fú OC: bɯɡ MC: buk 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNcausativesubjugate, cause to surrender to one; subdue
大敗 dà bài OC: daads braads MC: dɑi bɣɛi 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNinflict a heavy defeat on N
- VPtoNmiddle voiceread braads: be heavily defeated
傾 qīng OC: khʷleŋ MC: khiɛŋ 3 AttributionsWD
Qīng 傾 refers to the toppling of a system of government. xxx
- Syntactic words
- nabeventnominal: the overturn/ruin
- vtoNtopple, overturn (a state)
- vtoNpassivebe defeated; totter
潰 kuì OC: ɡluuds MC: ɦuo̝i 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vichangebe defeated, be routed
摧 cuī OC: sɡluul MC: dzuo̝i 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNdestroy and defeat (an army)
逐 zhú OC: rlɯwɡ MC: ɖuk 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNdefeat so as to cause to flee> drive into flight; German: in die Flucht schlagen
失 shī MC: syit OC: lʰiɡCH 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vt prep Npassivebe defeated byCH
- vtoNmiddle voicebe defeatedCH
北 běi OC: pɯɯɡ MC: pək 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nab.post-V{NUM}passivedefeat, loan for
不勝 bù shèng OC: pɯʔ lʰɯŋs MC: pi̯ut ɕɨŋ 1 AttributionWD
defeat
- Syntactic words
- NPabeventdefeat
亡敗 wáng bài OC: maŋ braads MC: mi̯ɐŋ bɣɛi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPisuffer some kind of ruin or defeat
敗闕 bài què, quē OC: praads khod MC: pɣɛi khi̯ɐt 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNpassivebe defeated
喪 sàng MC: sangH OC: smaaŋsCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNbe defeated by NCH
敗北 bài běi bò běi MC: baejH pok OC: braads pɯɯɡDS 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNpassivebe defeated; suffer defeatDS
折衝 zhé chōng MC: tsyet -- OC: kljed thjoŋCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNforce the retreat of enemy NCH
亡 wáng OC: maŋ MC: mi̯ɐŋ 0 AttributionsWD
Wáng 亡 (ant. cún 存 "allow to survive") refers specifically to causing the discontinuation of a state.
- Syntactic words
- vtoNHF 1.2: cause the discontinuation of (a state), ruin (a country)
摧伏 cuī fú OC: sɡluul bɯɡ MC: dzuo̝i buk 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPtoNfigurativedefeat and cause to surrender > subjugate
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- Syntactic words
- vt prep Npassivebe defeated byCH
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- Syntactic words
- vtoNbe defeated by NCH
敝 bì MC: OC: beds CH 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNmiddle voicebe defeated; fall into ruinCH
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