破败

Traditional form:

破敗

Pinyin (reading):

pòbài

Definitions:

• to defeat
• to crush (in battle)
• beaten
• ruined
• destroyed
• in decline

Characters:

• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 败 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat

Traditional characters:

• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy
• 敗 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat