打败
Meaning
- to defeat
- to overpower
- to beat
Example sentence
你打败了他。
You've defeated him.
Characters in 打败
- 打 dǎ a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings (e.g. 打伞 "to hold an umbrella", 打电话 "to make a phone call", 打针 "to get an injection", 打手套 "to knit gloves", 打气 "to inflate")
- 败 bài to defeat
打 to strike plus 败, to be defeated. 败 gives 失败; striking to defeat.