be utterly routed
Defeat, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ku ì B ù ch é NGJ ū n, meaning to be beaten to pieces, not to form a team; to describe defeat. From Li Zicheng.
Notes on Idioms
Rout: rout, disorder.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 8 of the first volume of Li Zicheng by Yao xueyin: "waiting for the enemy's spirit to begin to decline, we can seize the key point and strike hard, then we can defeat the enemy."
Analysis of Idioms
Abandon one's armour, draw one's troops, lose one's ground
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attribute, complement, derogatory and military. The foreign devils were defeated by the boxers.
be utterly routed
one 's talent is inferior but his idea high - cái shū yì guǎng
Water your back with cold water - lěng shuǐ jiāo bèi