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全軍覆沒

cyun4 gwan1 fuk1 mut6

quan2 jun1 fu4 mo4

to be completely defeated; to fail absolutely; (lit.) [for] the entire army (navy) to capsize and sink

May have other applications besides fighting and other forms of competition.

Level: 3

全軍覆沒

全 cyun4 quan2 - perfect, whole, total
軍 gwan1 jun1 - army; military; soldiers
覆 fuk1 fu3 fau6 fu4 - [1] [v] pour out [2] [v] overturn; topple; ups
沒 mut6 mei2 mo4 mo3 - sink; disappear; finished

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喺比賽裡，我哋畀佢哋都全軍覆沒。粵 ?! edit
During the competition, our team was completely annihilated by theirs.

This word was added by platinumangel on 22nd Sep 2007

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