using the weak to defeat the strong (idiom); to win from a position of weakness
trad. 以弱勝強
Also written 以弱勝強【yǐ ruò shèng qiáng】
Characters in this word
4以
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old variant of 以[yi3]
- Pinyin
- yǐ
- Traditional
- 㕥
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 367 of 2500
弱
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weak; feeble, young, inferior; not as good as, (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- Pinyin
- ruò
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 7910 of 2500
胜
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victory, success, to beat, to defeat, to surpass, victorious, superior to, to get the better of, better than, surpassing, superb (of vista), beautiful (scenery), wonderful (view), (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear, equal to (a task)
- Pinyin
- shèng
- Traditional
- 勝
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 11136 of 2500
强
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surname Qiang
- Pinyin
- Qiáng
- Traditional
- 強
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 2485 of 2500