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惨败 (cǎn bài): Crushing defeat (noun / verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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惨败 consists of 2 characters.

惨 • cǎn • miserable, tragic, cruel • HSK 3.0 · L7-9

HSK 3.0 · L7-9

cǎn惨

miserable, tragic, cruel

败 • bài • to defeat, to fail, to decay • HSK 3.0 · L6

HSK 3.0 · L6

bài败

to defeat, to fail, to decay

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Pinyincǎn bài

Meaningcrushing defeat

Characters2

HSK—

Syntaxnoun / verb

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Example Sentences with 惨败

Zhè这

cì次

bǐ比

sài赛

wǒ我

men们

cǎn惨

bài败

le了

。

We suffered a crushing defeat in this competition.

Tā他

zài在

xuǎn选

jǔ举

zhōng中

cǎn惨

bài败

，

shī失

qù

Gōng公

sī司

yīn因

wèi为

cuò错

wù误

jué决

cè策

ér而

cǎn

去

le了

suǒ所

yǒu有

zhī支

chí持

。

He suffered a crushing defeat in the election and lost all support.

惨

bài败

，

bù不

dé得

bù不

xuān宣

bù布

pò破

chǎn产

。

The company suffered a crushing defeat due to wrong decisions and had to declare bankruptcy.

Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 惨败.

Words with 惨

悲惨bēi cǎnmiserable
惨痛cǎn tòngPainful / Heartrending
惨白cǎn báiDeathly pale / Ashen
惨重cǎn zhòngHeavy / Severe
凄惨qī cǎnmiserable; tragic; pitiful
惨剧cǎn jùtragedy; horrific event
惨叫cǎn jiàoto scream in agony, miserable cry
惨案cǎn àntragic incident, massacre

Words with 败

失败shī bàifail
打败dǎ bàito defeat
击败jī bàito defeat; to beat
腐败fǔ bàirotten; putrid; decayed
败坏

bài huài

ruin; corrupt; debase

挫败cuò bàiFrustration

成败chéng bàisuccess or failure

战败zhàn bàito be defeated in war or battle