Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Defeated and wiped out; completely destroyed: Describes a state of utter defeat and annihilation, often used for armies, nations, or causes that have been vanquished and ceased to exist.
   • Ruined and lost: Can describe a situation or condition that is hopelessly lost or doomed.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Quân đội phản loạn đã rơi vào cảnh bại vong. (The rebel army was defeated and wiped out.)
  • Âm mưu của chúng cuối cùng đã bại vong. (Their conspiracy ultimately ended in ruin and destruction.)
  • Một triều đại bại vong. (A defeated and fallen dynasty.)

Advanced Usage

• "thế bại vong" / "tình thế bại vong": a hopeless/lost situation; a situation of certain defeat.
  • Họ bị dồn vào thế bại vong, không còn đường lui. (They were driven into a hopeless situation with no way out.)
• "số phận bại vong": a doomed fate.
  • Kẻ phản bội chắc chắn sẽ gặp số phận bại vong. (The traitor will surely meet a doomed fate.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bại (v, adj): to lose; to be defeated. (e.g., - to be defeated)
• Vong (v): to perish; to be lost. (e.g., - to die; - a lost nation)
• Diệt vong (v, adj): to be exterminated; to become extinct. (Closely related in meaning, emphasizing complete extinction.)

Synonyms

• Diệt vong: exterminated, extinct.
• Tan tành: shattered to pieces, completely destroyed.
• Thảm bại: disastrously defeated.

Notes on Meaning

• Bại vong is a formal and literary term, often used in historical, military, or political contexts to describe a complete and final collapse. It carries a stronger connotation of finality and totality than the more common word (to lose).

adj

1. Defeated and wiped out