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潰不成軍

简 溃不成军 · 繁 潰不成軍
Mandarin · pinyin kuì bù chéng jūn

Meanings

  1. (idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
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潰
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不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
成
chéng · completed, finished, fixed
軍
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溃
kuì · flooding river; militarily defeat
军
jūn · army, military; soldiers, troops
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4–4–2–1 · kui4 bu4 cheng2 jun1

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kui2 bat1 sing4 gwan1

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kui2 bat1 sing4 gwan1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to be utterly routed; to be soundly defeated

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