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HSK
4

to defeat

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

da3bai4 dǎbài

Meaning


Primary

to defeat

Alternatives

defeat, defeats, defeated, defeating

Mnemonic


打败 To defeat an opponent is 打 to strike them repeatedly until they accept that they have 败 failed and you have won.

Usage


这 支 球队 一直 都 很 难 被 打败。

This team has always been hard to defeat.

我们 会 打败 我们 的 敌人!

We will defeat our enemies!

我们 不能 让 恐惧 打败 我们。

We cannot let fear defeat us.

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