身败名裂
Traditional form:
身敗名裂
Pinyin (reading):
shēnbàimíngliè
Definitions:
- to lose one's standing
- to have one's reputation swept away
- a complete defeat and fall from grace
Characters:
- 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy
- 败 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
- 名 - name; position, rank, title
- 裂 - to split, to rend; crevice, crack
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