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敗事
败事
bài
shì
to fail in something; to bungle; to spoil something
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Entry Composition
1
敗
bài
to defeat
to damage
to lose (to an opponent)
to fail
to wither
=2
事
shì
matter
thing
item
work
affair
classifiers:
件
,
樁
,
回
=2
事
zì
alternative form of
倳
(zì, “to establish”)
alternative form of
剚
(zì, “to stab”)
Containing this entry
成事不足,敗事有餘
chéng
shì
bù
zú
,
bài
shì
yǒu
yú
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
unable to do anything right
never make, but always mar