兵败如山倒

Traditional: 兵敗如山倒

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Dictionary entry

troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse

What does 兵败如山倒 mean?

兵败如山倒 (bīng bài rú shān dǎo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse

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兵bīngsoldiers · a force 败bàito defeat · to damage 如rúas · as if 山Shānsurname Shan 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt

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