Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 败


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Meaning

be defeated, to defeat, loss

Pronunciation

bài

Explanation

Left: money /貝 (= cone-shell with two feelers as shell-money), right: strike 攵/ Hand mit Stock

Mnemonic

When the money/capital hits, we are defeated.

Radicals

shell, money
rap, strike(Shows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: )
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Vocabulary

打败 dǎ bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to suffer a defeat; to be defeated
挫败 cuò bài to thwart; to foil (sb's plans); to defeat
每谋辄败 měi móu zhé bài to fail at every scheme (idiom)


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