Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Defeated in battle/war: Describes an army, force, or side that has been overcome and has lost a specific battle or military conflict.
   • Having suffered a military defeat: Refers to the state resulting from a loss in armed combat.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đội quân ấy đã hoàn toàn bại trận. (That army was completely defeated.)
  • Sau khi bại trận, vị tướng đã tự sát. (After being defeated in battle, the general committed suicide.)
  • Họ là một nước bại trận trong cuộc chiến. (They are a country defeated in the war.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in historical, military, or formal contexts to describe the conclusive outcome of a war or a significant battle. It implies a decisive loss.

Variants and Related Words

• Thua trận (v): to lose a battle. This is a more common verbal phrase.

  • Họ đã thua trận một cách thảm hại. (They lost the battle disastrously.)

• Chiến bại (n): military defeat (noun form).

  • Chiến bại đó đã thay đổi lịch sử. (That military defeat changed history.)

Synonyms

• Defeated: overcome in battle.
• Vanquished: thoroughly defeated.
• Routed: decisively defeated and put to flight.

Related Idioms

• Kẻ bại trận: the defeated party; the loser(s) of a war.

  • Kẻ bại trận phải chấp nhận mọi điều khoản. (The defeated party had to accept all the terms.)

• Tướng bại trận: a defeated general.

  • Số phận của một vị tướng bại trận thường rất bi thảm. (The fate of a defeated general is often tragic.)

adj

1. Defeated in war
   • nước bại trận
     a country defeated in war