一敗塗地

/i⁵⁵⁻³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ tʰu³⁵ ti⁵¹/
ÇINCE → TR

Tanım

•to suffer a crushing defeat

Etimoloji

From the Book of Han, Book 1 (《漢書•高帝紀第一上》): : According to Yan Shigu's annotation, here 塗地 /涂地 is but an abbreviation of 肝腦塗地／肝脑涂地 (gānnǎotúdì).