noun, takes する, intransitive verb

  1. ignominious defeat, crushing failure, utterly beaten, overwhelming defeat.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
惨敗 ざんぱい
惨敗 さんぱい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

wretched, disaster, cruelty
サン みじ.め むご.い (7th, N1)
heart, standing heart radical variant (no. 61)
シン こころ
nonplussed, three (in documents), going
サン まい.る シン (4th, N3)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ ボウ ム (Kentei 1)
large, big
ダイ おお- た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
three, hair ornament, short hair or fur radical (no. 59)
サン セン (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ えい よう (Kentei 1)
failure, defeat, reversal
ハイ やぶ.れる (4th, N3)
shellfish
かい バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め モク ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ や はっ (1st, N5)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person(人) variant
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ ゲ おさ.める (Kentei 1)