胜 (勝)
shèng
Pinyin

Definition

胜 (勝)
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shèng
  1. victory
  2. success
  3. to beat
  4. to defeat
  5. to surpass
  6. victorious
  7. superior to
  8. to get the better of
  9. better than
  10. surpassing
  11. superb (of vista)
  12. beautiful (scenery)
  13. wonderful (view)
  14. (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear
  15. equal to (a task)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

胜
shèng
  1. 1 victory
  2. 2 success
  3. 3 to beat
  4. 4 to defeat
  5. 5 to surpass
  6. 6 victorious
  7. 7 superior to
  8. 8 to get the better of
  9. 9 better than
  10. 10 surpassing
  11. 11 superb (of vista)
  12. 12 beautiful (scenery)
  13. 13 wonderful (view)
  14. 14 (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear
  15. 15 equal to (a task)
胜利
shèng lì
  1. 1 victory
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
必胜客
Bì shèng Kè
  1. 1 Pizza Hut
战胜
zhàn shèng
  1. 1 to prevail over
  2. 2 to defeat
  3. 3 to surmount
胜任
shèng rèn
  1. 1 qualified
  2. 2 competent (professionally)
  3. 3 to be up to a task

Idioms (20)

不分胜负
bù fēn shèng fù
  1. 1 unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched
  2. 2 to come out even
  3. 3 to tie
  4. 4 to draw
不胜其苦
bù shèng qí kǔ
  1. 1 unable to bear the pain (idiom)
不可胜言
bù kě shèng yán
  1. 1 inexpressible (idiom)
  2. 2 beyond description
事实胜于雄辩
shì shí shèng yú xióng biàn
  1. 1 Facts speak louder than words. (idiom)
人定胜天
rén dìng shèng tiān
  1. 1 man can conquer nature (idiom); human wisdom can prevail over nature

Sample Sentences

是故百战百胜，非善之善者也；不战而屈人之兵，善之善者也。
shìgù bǎizhànbǎishèng ，fēi shànzhīshàn zhě yě ；bùzhàn ér qū rén zhī bīng ，shànzhīshàn zhě yě 。
Winning every war is not the best solution but not warring yet able to make your enemy surrender is the best way.
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据世卫组织报告，全球新冠肺炎确诊人数已超过127万，病亡人数逾7万。中国工程院院士、著名呼吸病学专家钟南山说：“希望各国都能继续全力投入到疫情防控中去，相信我们终将战胜疫情。”
jù ShìwèiZǔzhī bàogào ，quánqiú xīnguānfèiyán quèzhěn rénshù yǐ chāoguò yībǎièrshíqī wàn ，bìngwáng rénshù yú qī wàn 。ZhōngguóGōngchéngyuàn yuànshì 、zhùmíng hūxībìngxué zhuānjiā zhōngnánshān shuō ：“xīwàng gèguó dōu néng jìxù quánlì tóurù dào yìqíng fángkòng zhōng qù ，xiāngxìn wǒmen zhōngjiāng zhànshèng yìqíng 。”
According to a WHO report, confirmed cases of COVID-19 has exceeded 1.27 million, and caused around 70 thousand deaths. Zhong Nan Shan, a fellow of Chinese Academy of Engineering and a renowned respiratory expert said, "I hope every country is putting every effort into preventing and controlling the pandemic, and I believe that we will defeat it as last."
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武汉是全国抗击疫情的重中之重、决胜之地，目前中国疫情防控已取得阶段性重要成效。
Wǔhàn shì quánguó kàngjī yìqíng de zhòngzhōngzhīzhòng 、juéshèngzhīdì ，mùqián Zhōngguó yìqíng fángkòng yǐ qǔdé jiēduànxìng zhòngyào chéngxiào 。
Wuhan is the front line during the fight of this pandemic in the country. Currently, the prevention and control measures in China have gained important results at this stage.
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坦白说，我觉得他没办法胜任这份工作。
tǎnbái shuō ，wǒ juéde tā méi bànfǎ shèngrèn zhè fèn gōngzuò 。
Frankly speaking, I don't think he is qualified for this job.
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故兵贵胜，不贵久。
gù bīng guì shèng ，bù guì jiǔ 。
A swift win to a war is key.
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此兵家之胜，不可先传也。
cǐ Bīngjiā zhī shèng ，bùkě xiān chuán yě 。
The tactics of war cannot be explained with these smaller details without first a bigger picture
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不战而胜、不攻自破，所以后人发现他讲的不仅是用兵之道，还是谋略智慧，可以运用到生活工作中。
bùzhànérshèng 、bùgōngzìpò ，suǒyǐ hòurén fāxiàn tā jiǎng de bùjǐn shì yòngbīngzhīdào ，háishi móulu:è zhìhuì ，kěyǐ yùnyòng dào shēnghuó gōngzuò zhōng 。
If you do not fight, you will not break, people later found that his work wasn’t only suitable for the military, but also strategic wisdom, which can be applied to life and work.
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但其实孙子是一个反战者，他认为正面的战争极度消耗资源，他推崇不战而胜。
dàn qíshí Sūnzǐ shì yīgē fǎnzhàn zhě ，tā rènwéi zhèngmiàn de zhànzhēng jídù xiāohào zīyuán ，tā tuīchóng bùzhànérshèng 。
But in fact, he opposes war and believes head on confrontation type of war is extremely resource-consuming. He advocates victory without fighting.
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最有名的一句当属“知彼知己，百战不殆；不知彼而知己，一胜一负，不知彼不知己，每战必败。”
zuì yǒumíng de yījù dāng shǔ “zhībǐzhījǐ ，bǎizhànbùdài ；bù zhī bǐ ér zhī jǐ ，yī shèng yī fù ，bù zhī bǐ bù zhī jǐ ，měi zhàn bì bài 。”
The most famous quote is “to know your enemy and yourself is to win every war; not to know your enemy but only yourself leads to wins and losses, not to know your enemy and yourself will lead to losses each time.
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我言秋日胜春朝。
wǒ yán qiūrì shèng chūnzhāo 。
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