溃

to be dispersed / to break down / to fester / to ulcerate

used in 潰膿|溃脓[hui4 nong2] / Taiwan pr. [kui4]

(bound form) (of floodwaters) to break through a dam or dike / (bound form) to break through (a military encirclement) / (bound form) to be routed; to be overrun; to fall to pieces / (bound form) to fester; to ulcerate

"water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[mei2], 法[fa3], 流[liu2] etc / see also 三點水|三点水[san1 dian3 shui3]

expensive / noble / precious / (honorific) your

to collapse / to crumble / to fall apart

to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart

to defeat; to smash; to rout

to defeat / to smash / to rout

(of troops) to be routed and dispersed

defeated / routed

to collapse (of a dam) / to burst

routed troops

lit. an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / fig. huge damage may result from a moment's negligence

(of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed

routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops

(of a dam) to be breached; to burst

to rout the enemy

(of a dike or dam) to burst

to collapse on the first encounter / to give way at once

an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom) / huge damage may result from a moment's negligence

utterly defeated

defeated troops / routed army / scattered soldiers

dam burst / collapse of dam

routed enemy