溃（潰）kuì ❶ （水冲破堤坝） (of a dyke or dam) burst: 千里之堤， ～ 于蚁穴。 One ant hole may cause the collapse of a thousand-li dyke.
❷ （突破包围） break through (an encirclement): ～ 围南奔 break through the encirclement and head south
❸ （溃败） be routed: 不战而 ～ collapse without a battle; 一触即 ～ be routed at the first encounter
❹ （肌肉组织腐烂） fester; ulcerate
◆溃败 be defeated; be routed; 溃兵 routed troops; 溃不成军 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.; 溃决 burst; break; flood overflowing or breaking up levees; 溃烂 {医} fester; ulcerate; 溃灭 crumble and fall; collapse and perish; 溃散 be defeated and dispersed; collapse in disorder; scatter; 溃逃 escape in disorder; fly pell-mell; flee helter-skelter; break and flee; 溃退 beat a precipitate retreat; retreat in disorder,retreat as a result of defeat; 溃围 break through enemy blockade; 溃疡 {医} ulcer; anabrosis; exelcosis; helco-; helc- 溃kuìevacuation of pus; ulceration |