bại binh
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Definition
Noun: 1. Defeated soldiers; routed troops: Refers to soldiers who have been completely defeated in battle, often fleeing in disorder. 2. A defeated army: Can describe the collective state of a military force that has suffered a crushing loss.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sau trận đánh, những tên bại binh chạy tán loạn về phía rừng. (After the battle, the routed troops fled in disarray towards the forest.)
- Vị tướng không nỡ giết hại những kẻ bại binh đã đầu hàng. (The general could not bear to kill the defeated soldiers who had surrendered.)
- Đội quân ấy giờ chỉ còn là một đám bại binh thảm hại. (That army is now just a pitiful bunch of routed troops.)
Advanced Usage
- "bại binh tướng yếu": A phrase describing a situation of complete military failure, with defeated soldiers and a weak general, implying a hopeless state.
- Cứ địch với thế bại binh tướng yếu này thì làm sao thắng nổi? (How can we win against the enemy with this state of routed troops and a weak general?)
Variants and Related Words
- Bại trận (verb): To be defeated in battle.
- Quân đội ấy đã hoàn toàn bại trận. (That army was completely defeated in battle.)
- Bại quân (noun): A synonym for "bại binh," meaning a defeated army.
- Bại quân của địch đang rút chạy. (The enemy's defeated army is retreating.)
- Thua trận (verb phrase): To lose a battle.
- Họ đã thua trận và phải rút lui. (They lost the battle and had to retreat.)
Synonyms
- Quân thua trận: Troops that lost the battle.
- Quân tan rã: Disintegrated/disbanded troops.
Related Phrases
- Chạy như bại binh: To run away like routed troops; to flee in a panic and disorderly manner.
- Nghe tin đồn, dân làng chạy như bại binh. (Hearing the rumor, the villagers fled like routed troops.)