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滑铁卢 (Huá tiě lú) — (proper noun) Waterloo (the town in Belgium / the famous battle); (figurative) a decisive defeat, a Waterloo

Definition

A proper noun referring to the Belgian town and Napoleon's 1815 defeat. In modern Chinese it is used figuratively to mean a final, crushing defeat — 'one's Waterloo'.

noun
(proper noun) Waterloo (the town in Belgium / the famous battle)(figurative) a decisive defeata Waterloo

Beispiele

  • 滑铁卢。
    Zhè chǎng zhàn zhēng bèi chēng wéi Huá tiě lú zhàn yì.
    This battle is called the Battle of Waterloo.
  • 滑铁卢。
    Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng zāo yù le Huá tiě lú.
    He met his Waterloo in the competition.
  • ，滑铁卢。
    Duì zhè jiā gōng sī lái shuō, zhè cì shī bài jiù shì tā de Huá tiě lú.
    For this company, this failure was its Waterloo.
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