Chinese

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phonetic
trad. (滑鐵盧)
simp. (滑铁卢)
 
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Waterloo, via Cantonese. Doublet of 窩打老 / 窝打老.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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滑鐵盧

  1. Waterloo (a municipality of Walloon Brabant, Belgium)
  2. () Waterloo (a city in Ontario, Canada)

Noun

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滑鐵盧

  1. (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

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滑⫽鐵盧 (verb-object)

  1. (chiefly Cantonese) to suffer a disastrous defeat