兵敗如山倒

See also: 兵败如山倒

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	be defeated; to defeat; loss	as (if); such as	mountain; hill	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
trad. (兵敗如山倒)		兵	敗	如	山	倒
simp. (兵败如山倒)		兵	败	如	山	倒
Literally: “the troops are defeated like a mountain being toppled”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bīng bài rú shān dǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄅㄞˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ baai⁶ jyu⁴ saan¹ dou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīng bài rú shān dǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄅㄞˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bing bài rú shan dǎo
    • Wade–Giles: ping¹ pai⁴ ju² shan¹ tao³
    • Yale: bīng bài rú shān dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bing bay ru shan dao
    • Palladius: бин бай жу шань дао (bin baj žu šanʹ dao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bing¹ baai⁶ jyu⁴ saan¹ dou²
    • Yale: bīng baaih yùh sāan dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ baai⁶ jy⁴ saan¹ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ bai⁶ yu⁴ san¹ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ paːi̯²² jyː²¹ saːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/

Idiom

兵敗如山倒

隨著多國聯軍發動地面攻勢，侵略科威特的伊拉克軍隊在聯軍的轟炸下兵敗如山倒，留下布滿整條撤退路綫的裝備殘骸。

1. to be soundly defeated; to suffer a crushing defeat