{"path":"/entry/639","title":"一败涂地 / 一敗塗地 (yī bài tú dì) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"一败涂地 / 一敗塗地 (yī bài tú dì): literally defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":639,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["一败涂地"],"TRADITIONAL":["一敗塗地"]}},"phonetic":"yī bài tú dì","phoneticKey":"yi1 bai4 tu2 di4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively to suffer a crushing defeat","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","IDIOM"],"frequency":15918,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":"yí bài tú dì"},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["地"],"TRADITIONAL":["地"]}},"phonetic":"dì","primaryPhonetic":"de"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"failed and wiped over the floor","content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Book of Han, Book 1 (《漢書•高帝紀第一上》):","traditional":null}},{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"According to Yan Shigu's annotation, here 涂地 is but an abbreviation of 肝脑涂地 (gānnǎotúdì).","traditional":"According to Yan Shigu's annotation, here 塗地 is but an abbreviation of 肝腦塗地 (gānnǎotúdì)."}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"高祖曰：「天下方扰，诸侯并起，令置将不善，一败涂地。吾非敢自爱，恐能薄，不能完父兄子弟。此大事，愿更择可者。」","traditional":"高祖曰：「天下方擾，諸侯並起，令置將不善，一敗塗地。吾非敢自愛，恐能薄，不能完父兄子弟。此大事，願更擇可者。」"},"phonetic":"Gāozǔ yuē: “Tiānxià fāng rǎo, zhūhóu bìngqǐ, lìng zhì jiāng bùshàn, yī bài tú dì. Wú fēi gǎn zì'ài, kǒng néng bó, bùnéng wán fùxiōng zǐdì. Cǐ dàshì, yuàn gēng zé kě zhě.”","english":"Kao-tsu said, \"At present the world is in disorder. The nobles have all risen. If now you should set as your commander someone who is not capable, after a single defeat, you will be trampled to the ground. It is not that I am concerned about my own safety; I fear that I am not capable enough and that I shall not be able to keep you safe, elders and brothers. This is an important matter. I hope that you will select again a more capable person.\"","ref":"The Book of Han, circa 1ˢᵗ century CE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}