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一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
What 一败涂地 means
- lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)
- fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
The characters in 一败涂地
- 一yīone; single; a (article)
- 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)
- 涂túto apply (paint etc); to smear; to daub
- 地dìearth; ground; field
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