sustain a crushing defeat ❍ 当第一时期，富农耳里听得的是所谓江西～。(《毛泽东选集》19) In the first period,what appealed to the rich peasants was the talk about the Northern Expedi tionary Army’s sustaining a crushing defeat in Jiangxi.
一败如水
crushing defeat
一败如水yī bài rú shuǐ
比喻军队打了败仗，就像把水泼到地上一样不可收拾。be defeated completely in battle, sustain a crushing defeat