兵敗如山倒

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Chinese

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soldiers; a force; an army
soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike
 
be defeated; to defeat; loss as (if); such as mountain; hill
upset; turn over; to tip
upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
 
trad. (兵敗如山倒)
simp. (兵败如山倒)
Literally: “the troops are defeated like a mountain being toppled”.

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Idiom

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兵敗如山倒

隨著多國聯軍發動地面攻勢,侵略科威特伊拉克軍隊在聯軍的轟炸下兵敗如山倒,留下布滿整條撤退路綫的裝備殘骸。
  1. to be soundly defeated; to suffer a crushing defeat