潰（潰）kuì? ? （水沖破堤壩） (of a dyke or dam) burst: 千里之堤， ～ 于蟻穴。 One ant hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.
? （突破包圍） break through (an encirclement): ～ 圍南奔 break through the encirclement and head south
? （潰敗） be routed: 不戰(zhàn)而 ～ collapse without a battle; 一觸即 ～ be routed at the first encounter
? （肌肉組織腐爛） fester; ulcerate
◆潰敗 be defeated; be routed; 潰兵 routed troops; 潰不成軍 be utterly routed; an army in disarray; (The enemy) had been defeated, and the withdrawal turned into a rout.; The army has collapsed.; The army is completely routed.; The (enemy) troops fled in great disorder.; 潰決 burst; break; flood overflowing or breaking up levees; 潰爛 {醫(yī)} fester; ulcerate; 潰滅 crumble and fall; collapse and perish; 潰散 be defeated and dispersed; collapse in disorder; scatter; 潰逃 escape in disorder; fly pell-mell; flee helter-skelter; break and flee; 潰退 beat a precipitate retreat; retreat in disorder,retreat as a result of defeat; 潰圍 break through enemy blockade; 潰瘍 {醫(yī)} ulcer; anabrosis; exelcosis; helco-; helc- 潰kuìevacuation of pus; ulceration |