to defeat; to smash; to rout

(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

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

ulcer; to ulcerate

routed troops; defeated and dispersed troops

routed troops

(of a dike or dam) to burst

(of a dam) to be breached; to burst

to rout the enemy

(of troops) to be routed and dispersed

to fester; to ulcerate

(of a sore etc) to fester; to ulcerate

to be utterly defeated; to be routed

to flee in disorder

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

canker sore

(idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed

nervous breakdown

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