溃不成军潰不成軍

kuì bù chéng jūn

Meaning

(idiom) (of troops) to be utterly routed and dispersed

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溃kuìa flooding river; a military defeat; to break down, to disperse氵贵不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed丁戈军jūnarmy, military; soldiers, troops冖车