敗（はい）

Japanese vocabulary

Meaning: loss; defeat; counter for losses

Idioms & proverbs containing “敗”

失敗は成功の母 (しっぱいはせいこうのはは) — failure is the mother of success
失敗は成功のもと (しっぱいはせいこうのもと) — failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success
敗軍の将は兵を語らず (はいぐんのしょうはへいをかたらず) — don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy
優勝劣敗 (ゆうしょうれっぱい) — survival of the fittest
驕兵必敗 (きょうへいひっぱい) — defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat; pride comes before a fall
堕落腐敗 (だらくふはい) — debasement; corruption; degradation