已成定局

zhàn bài yǐ chéng dìng jú xǔ duō shì bīng pǎo le

战败已成定局，许多士兵跑了。

Large numbers of soldiers deserted as defeat became inevitable.

wǒ bìng bù rèn wéi zhè xiàng jì huà xiàng dà jiā suǒ xiǎng de nà yàng yǐ chéng dìng jú

我并不认为这项计划像大家所想的那样已成定局。

I don’t think the plan is as cut and dried as people think.