一敗塗地

lit. defeated, the ground blanketed with bodies (idiom) / fig. to suffer a crushing defeat

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

to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither

to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street

-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]