大たい敗はい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

crushing defeat; heavy loss

Used for decisive, large-margin losses in sports, elections, battles, or competitions. Often appears as 大敗する or 大敗を喫する.

• わがチームは決けっ勝しょうで大たい敗はいした。

  Our team suffered a crushing defeat in the finals.

• 与よ党とうは選せん挙きょで大たい敗はいを喫きっした。

  The ruling party suffered a heavy loss in the election.