败却

敗卻
bàiquè

to retreat in defeat

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1 败 bài
  1. to defeat
  2. to damage
  3. to lose (to an opponent)
  4. to fail
  5. to wither
=2 却 què old variant of 却 què
=2 却 què
  1. but
  2. yet
  3. however
  4. while
  5. to go back
  6. to decline
  7. to retreat
  8. nevertheless
  9. even though
=2 却 qū
  1. to catch
  2. to dispel
  3. to hold up with both hands