Definition
滑铁卢 is the Chinese translation of Waterloo, the town in Belgium where Napoleon was decisively defeated in 1815. In modern Chinese, it is used both as a place name and idiomatically to mean 'a decisive defeat' or 'a major setback' — equivalent to the English expression 'to meet one's Waterloo'. As a proper noun, it can function literally or figuratively in context.
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(proper noun) Waterloo (the town in Belgium / the famous battle)(figurative) a decisive defeata Waterloo
Examples
- 滑铁卢。Zhè chǎng zhànzhēng bèi chēng wéi Huá tiě lú zhànyì.This battle is called the Battle of Waterloo.
- 滑铁卢。Tā zài bǐsài zhōng zāoyù le Huá tiě lú.He met his Waterloo in the competition.
- ，滑铁卢。Duì zhè jiā gōngsī lái shuō, zhè cì shībài jiù shì tā de Huá tiě lú.For this company, this failure was its Waterloo.
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