滑鐵盧 [－铁卢]

Jyutping waat6 tit3 lou4
Pinyin huá tiě lú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. Waterloo (Belgium)
  2. Battle of Waterloo (1815)
  3. (fig.) a defeat
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    地方​名​。​係​位​於​比利​時​嘅​一​個​城​鎮​。​本來​係​拿​破崙​軍​隊​喺​1815​年​嘅​戰​敗​之​地​，​引申​指​慘敗​。
    to lose, to be defeated; literally: Waterloo
    • 慘遭滑鐵盧
      惨遭滑铁卢
      caam2 zou1 waat6 tit3 lou4
      meet one's Waterloo
  2. 參看
    滑鐵廬
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. name
    Waterloo (a city in Ontario, Canada)
  2. name
    Waterloo (a municipality of Walloon Brabant, Belgium)
  3. noun, figuratively
    defeat; disastrous defeat
    • 慘遭滑鐵盧
      惨遭滑铁卢
      cǎn zāo huá tiě lú
      to suffer a crushing defeat
  4. verb, Cantonese
    to suffer a disastrous defeat
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    法国人在滑铁卢之役吃了败仗。
    法國人在滑鐵盧之役吃了敗仗。
    fǎ guó rén zài huá tiě lú zhī yì chī le bài zhàng 。
    • The French were defeated at Waterloo.
    • The French lost the battle of Waterloo.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    惨遭滑铁卢
    慘遭滑鐵盧
    caam2 zou1 waat6 tit3 lou4
    • meet one's Waterloo
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    惨遭滑铁卢
    慘遭滑鐵盧
    cǎn zāo huá tiě lú
    • to suffer a crushing defeat
    • to suffer a crushing defeat; to meet one's Waterloo