Definition

Noun: - Routed army, routed troops: Refers to a military force that has been decisively defeated and is in a state of disorderly retreat or collapse.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sau trận đánh, bại quân của địch tháo chạy tán loạn. (After the battle, the enemy's routed army fled in disarray.)
  • Những người lính trong hàng ngũ bại quân trông rất thảm hại. (The soldiers among the routed troops looked utterly wretched.)

Advanced Usage

• "thuộc về bại quân": Belonging to the routed army; describing something or someone from the defeated force.
  • Những lá cờ thuộc về bại quân bị bỏ lại khắp chiến trường. (The flags belonging to the routed army were left scattered across the battlefield.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bại binh (noun): A synonym meaning defeated soldiers, often used interchangeably with "bại quân."
• Bại trận (verb phrase): To be defeated in battle. While "bại quân" is a noun for the defeated force, "bại trận" describes the act of losing the battle.
  • Đội quân ấy đã bại trận thảm hại. (That army was terribly defeated in battle.)

Synonyms

• Quân thua trận: Literally "troops that lost the battle," a direct synonym.
• Quân tan rã: Disintegrated/disbanded troops, emphasizing the broken state of the force.

Related Idioms

• "Chạy như bại quân": To run like a routed army; to flee in a completely panicked and disorderly manner.
  • Nghe tin động đất, mọi người chạy như bại quân ra khỏi tòa nhà. (Upon hearing the earthquake news, people ran out of the building like a routed army.)

noun

1. Routed army, routed troops