屡败屡战
lu:3 bài lu:3 zhàn
Pinyin

Definition

屡败屡战
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lu:3 bài lu:3 zhàn
  1. to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
大战
dà zhàn
  1. 1 war
  2. 2 to wage war
失败
shī bài
  1. 1 to be defeated
  2. 2 to lose
  3. 3 to fail (e.g. experiments)
  4. 4 failure
  5. 5 defeat
  6. 6 CL:次[cì]
战
zhàn
  1. 1 to fight
  2. 2 fight
  3. 3 war
  4. 4 battle
战利品
zhàn lì pǐn
  1. 1 spoils of war
战争
zhàn zhēng
  1. 1 war
  2. 2 conflict
  3. 3 CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
战斗
zhàn dòu
  1. 1 to fight
  2. 2 to engage in combat
  3. 3 struggle
  4. 4 battle
  5. 5 CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
挑战
tiǎo zhàn
  1. 1 to challenge
  2. 2 challenge
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
不败之地
bù bài zhī dì
  1. 1 invincible position
二战
Èr zhàn
  1. 1 World War II
备战
bèi zhàn
  1. 1 prepared against war
  2. 2 to prepare for war
  3. 3 warmongering
冷战
Lěng zhàn
  1. 1 (US-Soviet) Cold War
失败者
shī bài zhě
  1. 1 loser
奋战
fèn zhàn
  1. 1 to fight bravely
  2. 2 (fig.) to struggle
  3. 3 to work hard
好战
hào zhàn
  1. 1 warlike
实战
shí zhàn
  1. 1 real combat
  2. 2 actual combat
对战
duì zhàn
  1. 1 to do battle (with sb)
屡
lu:3
  1. 1 time and again
  2. 2 repeatedly
  3. 3 frequently
屡屡
lu:3 lu:3
  1. 1 again and again
  2. 2 repeatedly

Idioms (20)

一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
伤风败俗
shāng fēng bài sú
  1. 1 offending public morals (idiom)
两败俱伤
liǎng bài jù shāng
  1. 1 both sides suffer (idiom)
  2. 2 neither side wins
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
功败垂成
gōng bài chuí chéng
  1. 1 to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
  2. 2 to fall at the last hurdle
  3. 3 snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
  1. 1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
  2. 2 history is written by the victors
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
反败为胜
fǎn bài wéi shèng
  1. 1 to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
坐观成败
zuò guān chéng bài
  1. 1 to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
  2. 2 to sit on the fence
壹败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 beaten and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 failed and in a hopeless position
孤军奋战
gū jūn fèn zhàn
  1. 1 lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a person or group of people) struggling hard without support
屡战屡败
lu:3 zhàn lu:3 bài
  1. 1 to suffer defeat in every battle (idiom)
屡败屡战
lu:3 bài lu:3 zhàn
  1. 1 to keep on fighting despite continual setbacks (idiom)
屡禁不止
lu:3 jìn bù zhǐ
  1. 1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
屡禁不绝
lu:3 jìn bù jué
  1. 1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
屡见不鲜
lu:3 jiàn bù xiān
  1. 1 a common occurrence (idiom)
屡遭不测
lu:3 zāo bù cè
  1. 1 beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)
心惊胆战
xīn jīng dǎn zhàn
  1. 1 lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear
  2. 2 scared witless
成也萧何，败也萧何
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé
  1. 1 lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Hán Xìn] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[dà jiāng jūn]
  2. 2 fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
成事不足，败事有余
chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú
  1. 1 unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
  2. 2 unable to do anything right
  3. 3 never make, but always mar

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