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破敗不堪

简破败不堪 · 繁破敗不堪

Mandarin · pinyin pò bài bù kān

crushed
utterly defeated

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破: pò · break, ruin, destroy; rout
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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
堪: kān · adequately capable of, worthy of
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail

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4–4–4–1 · po4 bai4 bu4 kan1

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po3 baai6 bat1 ham1

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