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Usage of the character 溃

huì
[潰]
  • used in 潰膿/溃脓 (huinòng)
  • Taiwan pr. (kuì)
kuì
[潰]
  • (bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike
  • (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement)
  • (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces
  • (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate
huìnóng
溃脓
[潰膿]
  • (of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate
kuìjué
溃决
[潰決]
  • (of a dike or dam) to burst
kuìbài
溃败
[潰敗]
  • to be utterly defeated; to be routed
kuìdí
溃敌
[潰敵]
  • to rout the enemy
jīkuì
击溃
[擊潰]
  • to defeat; to smash; to rout
kuìtáo
溃逃
[潰逃]
  • to flee in disorder
kuìbà
溃坝
[潰壩]
  • (of a dam) to be breached; to burst
kuìsàn
溃散
[潰散]
  • (of troops) to be routed and dispersed
kuìlàn
溃烂
[潰爛]
  • to fester; to ulcerate
kuìyáng
溃疡
[潰瘍]
  • ulcer
  • to ulcerate
kuìbīng
溃兵
[潰兵]
  • routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops
bēngkuì
崩溃
[崩潰]
  • to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart
kuìjūn
溃军
[潰軍]
  • routed troops
yīchùjíkuì
一触即溃
[一觸即潰]
  • to collapse on the first encounter
  • to give way at once
kuìbùchéngjūn
溃不成军
[潰不成軍]
  • (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed
jīngshénbēngkuì
精神崩溃
[精神崩潰]
  • nervous breakdown
qiānlǐzhīdī,kuìyúyǐxué
千里之堤,溃于蚁穴
[千里之堤,潰於蟻穴]
  • lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  • fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence