不分胜负
bù fēn shèng fù
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1 unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
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2 to come out even
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3 to tie
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4 to draw
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
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1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
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1 inexpressible (idiom)
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2 beyond description
事实胜于雄辩
shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn
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1 Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
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1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
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1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
以少胜多
yǐ shǎo shèng duō
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1 using the few to defeat the many (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
以弱胜强
yǐ ruò shèng qiáng
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1 using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
借东风
jiè dōng fēng
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1 lit. to use the eastern wind (idiom)
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2 fig. to use sb's help
优胜劣汰
yōu shèng liè tài
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1 survival of the fittest (idiom)
力不胜任
lì bù shèng rèn
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1 not to be up to the task (idiom)
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2 incompetent
胜者王侯败者寇
shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
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1 the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom)
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2 history is written by the victors
反败为胜
fǎn bài wéi shèng
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1 to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
只欠东风
zhǐ qiàn dōng fēng
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1 all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item
各奔东西
gè bèn dōng xī
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1 to go separate ways (idiom)
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2 to part ways with sb
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3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]
哀兵必胜
āi bīng bì shèng
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1 an army burning with righteous indignation is bound to win (idiom)
喜不自胜
xǐ bù zì shèng
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1 unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
大获全胜
dà huò quán shèng
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1 to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory
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2 to win by a landslide (in election)
失之东隅，收之桑榆
shī zhī dōng yú , shōu zhī sāng yú
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1 to lose at sunrise but gain at sunset (idiom)
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2 to compensate later for one's earlier loss
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3 what you lose on the swings you gain on the roundabouts
小别胜新婚
xiǎo bié shèng xīn hūn
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1 reunion after an absence is sweeter than being newlyweds (idiom)
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2 absence makes the heart grow fonder