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The character 败, originating from its traditional form 敗, structurally integrates the component 貝, denoting shell currency or valuables, with 攴, conveying the action of striking, which together etymologically suggest the damaging of assets and thus meanings such as to defeat, ruin, or incur loss. Over time, its semantic scope widened to encompass related concepts like failure, decay, and spoilage, while the simplified form 败, with its components 贝 and 攵, retains this fundamental association between the act of striking wealth and adverse outcomes.
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失败并不可怕。
我们队打败了对手。
他在比赛中败给了经验更丰富的选手。
政府决心打击腐败现象。
他真是个败家子。
这幅画的配色是唯一的败笔。
面对已定的败局，他依然保持着风度。
敌军在猛烈攻势下全线败退。