全軍覆沒

See also: 全军覆没

Chinese

		whole army	to capsize and sink; to be annihilated; to be overwhelmed
trad. (全軍覆沒)		全軍	覆沒
simp. (全军覆没)		全军	覆没
alternative forms		全軍覆滅／全军覆灭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quánjūnfùmò

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun⁴ gwan¹ fuk¹ mut⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choân-kun-hok-bu̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quánjūnfùmò
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄢˊ ㄐㄩㄣ ㄈㄨˋ ㄇㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyuánjyunfùmò
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüan²-chün¹-fu⁴-mo⁴
    • Yale: chywán-jyūn-fù-mwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyuanjiunfuhmoh
    • Palladius: цюаньцзюньфумо (cjuanʹczjunʹfumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛn³⁵ t͡ɕyn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cyun⁴ gwan¹ fuk¹ mut⁶
    • Yale: chyùhn gwān fūk muht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn⁴ gwan¹ fuk⁷ mut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: qun⁴ guen¹ fug¹ mud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn²¹ kʷɐn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵ muːt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choân-kun-hok-bu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsuân-kun-hok-bu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoankunhokbut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² kun⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suan²⁴⁻²² kun³³ hɔk̚⁵⁻²⁴ but̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suan¹³⁻²² kun⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²⁻⁵ but̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suan²⁴⁻¹¹ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suan²³⁻³³ kun⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚³²⁻⁴ but̚⁴/

Idiom

全軍覆沒

1. to suffer a crushing defeat; total defeat of an army; complete wipe-out
2. (figurative) to fail completely