一败涂地

一
一
败
敗
涂
塗
地
地
lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat

Characters and words in 一败涂地

一
yi̅ = y + Ø1
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
败
敗
bài = b + ai4
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither
败 = 攵 + 贝 : Beelzebub threatens to hurt a crab with a sledgehammer should it not obey in the airplane's bathroom. The crab has no option but to declare defeat and obey Beelzebub's orders.
涂
塗
tú = tu + Ø2
to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street
涂 = 余 + 氵 : Someone smeared (涂) a graffiti on Tommy Turtle's (tu) sedan chair (余) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Tommy Turtle tries to clean it using a bottle of water (氵).
涂
tú = tu + Ø2
surname Tu
涂 = 余 + 氵 : Someone smeared (涂) a graffiti on Tommy Turtle's (tu) sedan chair (余) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Tommy Turtle tries to clean it using a bottle of water (氵).
涂
tú = tu + Ø2
variant of 途[tu2]
涂 = 余 + 氵 : Someone smeared (涂) a graffiti on Tommy Turtle's (tu) sedan chair (余) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). Tommy Turtle tries to clean it using a bottle of water (氵).
地
de = d + e5
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地
dì = di + Ø4
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
地 = 也 + 土 : Dorothy Gale (di) hates the cleanliness of the space station, so she used an excavator (也) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) to dig a pile of dirt (土) out of the ground (地) for a mud bath.

Words with 一败涂地

一败涂地 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 一败涂地

一败涂地 currently does not appear in any sentence.