滑鐵盧
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Chinese[edit]
phonetic | ||||
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trad. (滑鐵盧) | 滑 | 鐵 | 盧 | |
simp. (滑铁卢) | 滑 | 铁 | 卢 |
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English Waterloo, via Cantonese. Doublet of 窩打老/窝打老.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
滑鐵盧
- Waterloo (a municipality of Walloon Brabant, Belgium)
- (~市) Waterloo (a city in Ontario, Canada)
Noun[edit]
滑鐵盧
- (figurative) defeat; disastrous defeat
- 慘遭滑鐵盧/惨遭滑铁卢 ― cǎnzāo huátiělú ― to suffer a crushing defeat; to meet one's Waterloo
Verb[edit]
滑⫽鐵盧 (verb-object)
- (chiefly Cantonese) to suffer a disastrous defeat
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