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The character 败 (traditional: 敵) combines the cowrie shell radical 貝 on the left, representing wealth or valuables, with the action radical 攵 on the right, meaning to strike. Together, they originally conveyed the destruction or squandering of material goods. This sense of ruin later expanded to include defeat in battle or competition, as well as the spoiling or decay of organic matter, such as food or leaves.
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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。