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Jyutping jat1 baai6 jyu4 seoi2
Pinyin yī bài rú shuǐ

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be completely defeated
    • 當第一時期,富農耳裏聽得的是所謂江西一敗如水,蔣介石打傷了腳,坐飛機回廣東了。
      当第一时期,富农耳里听得的是所谓江西一败如水,蒋介石打伤了脚,坐飞机回广东了。
      dāng dì yī shí qī , fù nóng ěr lǐ tīng dé de shì suǒ wèi jiāng xī yī bài rú shuǐ , jiǎng jiè shí dǎ shāng le jiǎo , zuò fēi jī huí guǎng dōng le .
      In the first period, what appealed to the rich peasants was the talk about the Northern Expeditionary Army's sustaining a crushing defeat in Jiangxi, about Chiang Kai-shek's being wounded in the leg and flying back to Guangdong.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    当第一时期,富农耳里听得的是所谓江西一败如水,蒋介石打伤了脚,坐飞机回广东了。
    當第一時期,富農耳裏聽得的是所謂江西一敗如水,蔣介石打傷了腳,坐飛機回廣東了。
    dāng dì yī shí qī , fù nóng ěr lǐ tīng dé de shì suǒ wèi jiāng xī yī bài rú shuǐ , jiǎng jiè shí dǎ shāng le jiǎo , zuò fēi jī huí guǎng dōng le .
    • In the first period, what appealed to the rich peasants was the talk about the Northern Expeditionary Army's sustaining a crushing defeat in Jiangxi, about Chiang Kai-shek's being wounded in the leg and flying back to Guangdong.