打败 dǎbài to defeat
to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated
How to remember 打败: 打 hit + 败 failure = to defeat.
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How it is used
- Transitive resultative verb: 打 (hit) + 败 (fail) = beat/defeat someone - 打败对手 (dǎbài duìshǒu), defeat the opponent.
- Takes the losing party directly as its object, unlike intransitive 输 (shū, to lose) or 赢 (yíng, to win), which don't take a defeated-party object.
- 中国队打败了对方 (Zhōngguó duì dǎbài le duìfāng) - the Chinese team defeated the opposition.
Example sentences
- 他永远不会打败我的。 Tā yǒngyuǎn búhuì dǎbài wǒ de.He'll never beat me.