to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
trad. 轉敗為勝
Also written 轉敗為勝【zhuàn bài wéi shèng】
Characters in this word
4转
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see 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]
- Pinyin
- zhuǎi
- Traditional
- 轉
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1889 of 2500
败
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to defeat, to damage, to lose (to an opponent), to fail, to wither
- Pinyin
- bài
- Traditional
- 敗
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 24234 of 2500
为
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as (in the capacity of), to take sth as, to act as, to serve as, to behave as, to become, to be, to do, by (in the passive voice)
- Pinyin
- wéi
- Traditional
- 為
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 129 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