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破败

pò bài

2-character word Traditional 破敗

What 破败 means

1. to defeat
2. to crush (in battle)
3. beaten
4. ruined
5. destroyed
6. in decline

The characters in 破败

• 破pòbroken; damaged; worn out
• 败bàito defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent)

Example sentences

• 北海道的一些小镇正变得越来越破败。
  More and more of Hokkaido's small towns are falling into ruin.

Words starting with 破败

• 破败不堪pò bài bù kāncrushed; utterly defeated

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