一敗如水
Chinese
one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
be defeated; to defeat; loss | as (if); such as | water; river | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (一敗如水) | 一 | 敗 | 如 | 水 | |
| simp. (一败如水) | 一 | 败 | 如 | 水 | |
Pronunciation
Idiom
一敗如水
- to be completely defeated
- 當第一時期，富農耳裡聽得的是所謂江西一敗如水，蔣介石打傷了腳，坐飛機回廣東了。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Dāng dìyī shíqī, fùnóng ěr lǐ tīng dé de shì suǒwèi Jiāngxī yībàirúshuǐ, Jiǎng Jièshí dǎ shāng le jiǎo, zuò fēijī huí Guǎngdōng le. [Pinyin]
- In the first period, what appealed to the rich peasants was the talk about the Northern Expeditionary Army's sustaining a crushing defeat in Jiangxi, about Chiang Kai-shek's being wounded in the leg and flying back to Guangdong.
当第一时期，富农耳里听得的是所谓江西一败如水，蒋介石打伤了脚，坐飞机回广东了。 [MSC, simp.]
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