溃

kuì

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huì Taiwan pr. [kuì] kuì (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike; (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) 4 definitions

Definitions

1. (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike
2. (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement)
3. (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces
4. (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate

Words Containing 溃

崩溃

bēng kuì

to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart

一触即溃

yī chù jí kuì

to collapse on the first encounter

千里之堤，溃于蚁穴

qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué

lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)

击溃

jī kuì

to defeat; to smash; to rout

溃不成军

kuì bù chéng jūn

(of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed

溃兵

kuì bīng

routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops

溃坝

kuì bà

(of a dam) to be breached; to burst

溃败

kuì bài

to be utterly defeated; to be routed

溃散

kuì sàn

(of troops) to be routed and dispersed

to rout the enemy

(of a dike or dam) to burst

溃烂

kuì làn

to fester; to ulcerate

ulcer

(of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate

routed troops

to flee in disorder

nervous breakdown