胜 (勝) shèng
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shèng
verb
to beat; to win; to conquer
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 战胜 (ABC 'shèng' v 1; CED '胜' 1; GHC '胜' 2; Kroll 2015 '勝' 1a, pp. 409-410) -
shèng
noun
victory; success
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 胜利 (ABC 'shèng' bf 3; GHC '胜' 1) -
shèng
adjective
wonderful; supurb; superior
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison
Notes: (ABC 'shèng' bf 2; CED '胜' 3; GHC '胜' 4; Kroll 2015 '勝' 2, pp. 409-410) -
shèng
verb
to surpass
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 超过 (ABC 'shèng' v 2; CED '胜' 2; GHC '胜' 3; Kroll 2015 '勝' 1, pp. 409-410) -
shèng
adjective
triumphant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'shèng' bf 1) -
shèng
noun
a scenic view
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 胜景 (ABC 'shèng' bf 4) -
shèng
noun
a woman's hair decoration
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (ABC 'shèng' bf 5; CED 3 '胜'; GHC '胜' 5; Kroll 2015 '勝' 4, pp. 409-410) -
shèng
proper noun
Sheng
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (ABC 'shèng' N; GHC '胜' 7) -
shèng
adverb
completely; fully
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '勝' 3, pp. 409-410)
Contained in
- 胜任能力(勝任能力) competency
- 不胜其扰(不勝其擾) unable to put up with any longer
- 旗开得胜(旗開得勝) to win a victory on raising the flag; to start on something and have immediate success
- 以少胜多(以少勝多) using the few to defeat the many; to win from a position of weakness
- 形胜(形勝) advantageous; strategic (position)
- 三连胜(三連勝) hat-trick (sports)
- 名胜古迹(名勝古跡) historical sites and scenic places
- 反败为胜(反敗為勝) to turn defeat into victory
- 风景名胜区(風景名勝區) scenic and historic interest area
- 速胜(速勝) rapid victory
- 胜景(勝景) wonderful scenery
- 胜选(勝選) to win an election
- 乘胜追击(乘勝追擊) to follow up a victory and press home the attack; to pursue retreating enemy
- 取得胜利(取得勝利) to prevail; to achieve victory; to be victorious
- 不胜(不勝) cannot bear or stand; to be unequal to ; very; extremely
- 战胜(戰勝) to prevail; to surmount
- 必胜(必勝) to be certain of victory; to be bound to prevail
- 行万里路胜读万卷书(行萬里路勝讀萬捲書) to travel a thousand miles beats reading a thousand books
- 救人一命胜造七级浮屠(救人一命勝造七級浮屠) saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-floor pagoda
- 胜地(勝地) a well-known scenic spot
- 制胜(制勝) to subdue others and obtain victory
- 战无不胜(戰無不勝) to triumph in every battle; to be invincible
- 争强好胜(爭強好勝) competitive; ambitious and aggressive; to desire to beat others
- 胜利在望(勝利在望) victory is in sight
- 举不胜举(舉不勝舉) too numerous to list; innumerable
- 险胜(險勝) to win by a narrow margin; to barely win
- 喜不自胜(喜不自勝) unable to contain one's joy
- 连战连胜(連戰連勝) fighting and winning a series of battles; ever victorious
- 知之者胜(知之者勝) one who knows this will be victorious
- 胜乃不殆(勝乃不殆) victory will not be in doubt
- 强胜(強勝) to succeed using violence
- 胜似(勝似) to surpass; to be better than; to be superior to
- 胜利(勝利) victory
- 胜妙(勝妙) wonderful; beautiful
- 以弱胜强(以弱勝強) using the weak to defeat the strong; to win from a position of weakness
- 美不胜收(美不勝收) nothing more beautiful can be imagined
- 不分胜负(不分勝負) unable to determine victory or defeat; evenly matched; to come out even; to tie; to draw
- 胜利者(勝利者) victor; winner
- 百胜餐饮集团(百勝餐飲集團) Tricon Global Restaurants (incl. Pizza Hut and KFC)
- 取胜(取勝) to score a victory; to prevail
- 革命将要胜利(革命將要勝利) approaching triumph of the revolution
- 攻无不克,战无不胜(攻無不克,戰無不勝) to triumph in every battle and win every fight; all-conquering; ever victorious
Also contained in
八种胜法 、 武胜县 、 善胜 、 优胜美地国家公园 、 胜论宗 、 陈木胜 、 永胜县 、 龙胜各族自治县 、 胜法
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- 卷14 列傳第6 賀拔勝 弟岳 兄允 侯莫陳悅 念賢 Volume 14 Biographies 6: He Basheng (younger brother Yue, older brother Yong); Houmo Chenyue; Nian Xian Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 79
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- 第六十四回 Chapter 64 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 65
- 卷七十二 王貢兩龔鮑傳 Volume 72: Wang, Gong, two Gongs and Bao Book of Han 漢書 — count: 59
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- 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 55
- 卷21 志第16 天文下 Volume 21 Treatises 16: Astronomy 3 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 53
- 第六十七回 Chapter 67 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 47
- 卷一百二十九 列傳第十七 Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Liao Yongzhong, Yang Jing, Hu Mei Volume 129 Biographies 17: Feng Sheng, Fu Youde, Liao Yongzhong, Yang Jing, Hu Mei History of Ming 明史 — count: 45
Collocations
- 不可胜 (不可勝) 不可勝譏 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 25
- 说胜 (說勝) 寢兵之說勝 — Guanzi 管子, 立政第四 Chapter 4: Establishing Governance — count: 9
- 胜计 (勝計) 不可勝計也 — Mozi 墨子, 卷三 尚同下 Book 3 - Identification with the Superior III — count: 8
- 胜用 (勝用) 材木不可勝用也 — Mencius 孟子, 梁惠王上 King Hui of Liang I — count: 7
- 胜食 (勝食) 不使勝食氣 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 10. 《鄉黨》 Xiang Dang — count: 5
- 闻胜 (聞勝) 憖使吾君聞勝與臧之死也以為快 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 4
- 国胜 (國勝) 使國勝告難于晉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 4
- 胜敌国 (勝敵國) 而不明于勝敵國之理 — Guanzi 管子, 七法第六 Chapter 6: Seven Methods — count: 3
- 能胜 (能勝) 一能勝予 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 五子之歌 Xia Shu - Songs of the Five Sons — count: 3
- 胜国 (勝國) 凡勝國 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 3