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
Examples
- 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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