一败涂地
一敗塗地Meanings
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- 1.lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom)
- 2.fig. to suffer a crushing defeat
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- 1.to suffer a crushing defeat
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Etymology
From the Book of Han, Book 1 (《漢書•高帝紀第一上》): : According to Yan Shigu's annotation, here 塗地 /涂地 is but an abbreviation of 肝腦塗地／肝脑涂地 (gānnǎotúdì).
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Components
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