"一敗如水" meaning in Chinese

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          "english": "In the first period, what appealed to the rich peasants was the talk about the Northern Expeditionary Army's sustaining a crushing defeat in Jiangxi, about Chiang Kai-shek's being wounded in the leg and flying back to Guangdong.",
          "ref": "當第一時期，富農耳裡聽得的是所謂江西一敗如水，蔣介石打傷了腳，坐飛機回廣東了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "当第一时期，富农耳里听得的是所谓江西一败如水，蒋介石打伤了脚，坐飞机回广东了。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition\nDāng dìyī shíqī, fùnóng ěr lǐ tīng dé de shì suǒwèi Jiāngxī yībàirúshuǐ, Jiǎng Jièshí dǎ shāng le jiǎo, zuò fēijī huí Guǎngdōng le. [Pinyin]",
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        "to be completely defeated"
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      "zh-pron": "ㄧ ㄅㄞˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ"
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  "word": "一敗如水"
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          "ref": "當第一時期，富農耳裡聽得的是所謂江西一敗如水，蔣介石打傷了腳，坐飛機回廣東了。 [MSC, trad.]",
          "text": "当第一时期，富农耳里听得的是所谓江西一败如水，蒋介石打伤了脚，坐飞机回广东了。 [MSC, simp.]\nFrom: 1927, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《湖南農民運動考察報告》 (Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition\nDāng dìyī shíqī, fùnóng ěr lǐ tīng dé de shì suǒwèi Jiāngxī yībàirúshuǐ, Jiǎng Jièshí dǎ shāng le jiǎo, zuò fēijī huí Guǎngdōng le. [Pinyin]",
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  "word": "一敗如水"
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