lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success; success in a single move
trad. 旗開得勝
Also written 旗開得勝【qí kāi dé shèng】
Characters in this word
4旗
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flag, variant of 旗[qi2]
- Pinyin
- qí
- Traditional
- 旂
- Strokes
- 14
- Frequency
- 20885 of 2500
开
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to open (transitive or intransitive), (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start, to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run, to boil, to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc), (directional complement) away; off, carat (gold), abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2], abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Traditional
- 開
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 467 of 2500
得
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to obtain, to get, to gain, to catch (a disease), proper, suitable, proud, contented, to allow, to permit, ready, finished
- Pinyin
- dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 62 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