bại tẩu
Definition
- Adjective:
- Routed; utterly defeated: Describes an army or force that has been completely defeated and put to disorderly flight. It implies a decisive and catastrophic military loss.
- In rout: The state of being defeated and fleeing in a chaotic, disorganized manner from the battlefield.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Sau trận đánh đó, quân đội địch hoàn toàn bại tẩu. (After that battle, the enemy army was completely routed.)
- Chỉ trong một ngày, lực lượng nổi dậy đã bị đánh cho bại tẩu. (In just one day, the rebel force was put to rout.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in formal, historical, or literary contexts to describe military defeats. It is not typically used for minor losses or in everyday situations.
Variants and Related Words
- Thất bại (adj/n): to fail; failure. A more general term for defeat or failure, not specific to a chaotic military rout.
- Đại bại (adj/n): a great or major defeat. Emphasizes the scale of the loss but not necessarily the disordered flight.
Synonyms
- Routed: utterly defeated and put to flight.
- Decisively defeated: conclusively beaten.
- Put to flight: forced to flee.
Related Idioms
- Bại trận: to be defeated in battle. A more common term for losing a battle, but without the specific connotation of chaotic retreat inherent in "bại tẩu."
- Thảm bại: a disastrous or crushing defeat. Similar in severity but focuses on the crushing nature rather than the state of retreat.
adjective
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Inrout; routed
