to lose one's standing; to have one's reputation swept away; a complete defeat and fall from grace
trad. 身敗名裂
Also written 身敗名裂【shēn bài míng liè】
Characters in this word
4身
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body, life, oneself, personally, one's morality and conduct, the main part of a structure or body, pregnant, classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset, Kangxi radical 158
- Pinyin
- shēn
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3095 of 2500
败
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to defeat, to damage, to lose (to an opponent), to fail, to wither
- Pinyin
- bài
- Traditional
- 敗
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 24234 of 2500
名
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name, noun (part of speech), place (e.g. among winners), famous, classifier for people
- Pinyin
- míng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1479 of 2500
裂
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to split, to crack, to break open, to rend
- Pinyin
- liè
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 31483 of 2500