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 | ||
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| 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
- (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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Idiom
兵敗如山倒