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Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Paralyzed; Crippled; Palsied: Describes a body part or person that has lost, either partially or completely, the ability to move or function due to injury or illness.
   • Exhausted; Spent; Drained: Describes a state of being extremely tired or having one's strength completely depleted.
   • Defeated; Beaten; Unsuccessful: Describes the state of having lost a contest, battle, or endeavor.

2. Verb:

   • To fail; To be unsuccessful: To not achieve a desired goal or outcome.
   • To be defeated; To be worsted: To lose in a competition, conflict, or argument.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Sau tai nạn, ông cụ bị bại một chân. (After the accident, the old man was crippled in one leg.)
  • Sau chặng đường dài, cả đội đều bại sức. (After the long journey, the whole team was exhausted.)
  • Đội chủ nhà là đội bại trận. (The home team was the defeated side.)

• Verb:

  • Kế hoạch kinh doanh có thể thành hoặc bại. (The business plan may succeed or fail.)
  • Đối thủ đã hoàn toàn bại dưới tay võ sĩ đó. (The opponent was completely defeated by that martial artist.)

Advanced Usage

• "bại liệt": (adjective/medical term) paralyzed, specifically referring to paralysis, such as from polio.

  • Căn bệnh khiến hàng nghìn trẻ em bị bại liệt. (The disease left thousands of children paralyzed.)

• "bại hoại": (adjective) corrupt, depraved, morally ruined.

  • Một lối sống bại hoại. (A depraved lifestyle.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thất bại (v/n): to fail; failure. This is the most common and general term for failure.

  • Dự án đã thất bại. (The project failed.)

• Đại bại (n): a great or crushing defeat.

  • Quân đội phải chịu một trận đại bại. (The army suffered a crushing defeat.)

• Bại trận (v): to be defeated in battle.

  • Tướng đó chưa từng bại trận. (That general has never been defeated in battle.)

Synonyms

• Paralyzed: incapacitated, immobilized.
• Exhausted: fatigued, weary, depleted.
• Defeated: beaten, vanquished, overcome.
• To fail: to not succeed, to fall short.

Related Idioms

• Bại bất khả chiến: (Literally: a defeat that cannot be fought) describes a situation or position that is irrecoverable or hopeless.

  • Lúc đó, công ty đã rơi vào thế bại bất khả chiến. (At that point, the company was in an irrecoverable position.)

• Thắng không kiêu, bại không nản: (Literally: When victorious, do not be arrogant; when defeated, do not be discouraged.) A proverb advocating for humility in success and resilience in failure.

  • Tinh thần thắng không kiêu, bại không nản rất đáng học hỏi. (The spirit of "no arrogance in victory, no discouragement in defeat" is worth learning.)

Học thuật

adj

1. Paralysed, crippled
   • bại cánh tay
     To have an arm paralysed
   • bại nửa người
     to have half the body paralyzed, to suffer from hemiplegia
2. In a state of near exhaustion, almost exhausted
   • cái đói ghê gớm làm họ bại hẳn sức
     the dreadful famine drove them into a state of near exhaustion

verb

1. To fail
   • công việc thành hay bại phần lớn là do ở ta
     failure or success in this undertaking depends mostly on us
2. To be worsted, to be defeated
   • thắng không kiêu, bại không nản
     no vain glory when victorious, no despondency when defeated