百戰百勝

Chinese

a hundred battles; many battles to win a hundred victories; to win every battle; to be ever-victorious
trad. (百戰百勝) 百戰 百勝
simp. (百战百胜) 百战 百胜
Literally: “to fight a hundred battles and win a hundred victories”.

Etymology

From The Art of War:

是故百戰百勝,非善之善者也;不戰而屈人之兵,善之善者也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
是故百战百胜,非善之善者也;不战而屈人之兵,善之善者也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Art of War, circa 5th century BCE
Shìgù bǎizhànbǎishèng, fēi shàn zhī shàn zhě yě; bù zhàn ér qū rén zhī bīng, shàn zhī shàn zhě yě. [Pinyin]
Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Alternatively, from Guanzi:

是故以眾擊寡,以治擊亂,以富擊貧,以能擊不能,以教卒練士擊敺眾白徒,故十戰十勝,百戰百勝。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
是故以众击寡,以治击乱,以富击贫,以能击不能,以教卒练士击驱众白徒,故十战十胜,百战百胜。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: Guanzi, 5th century BCE to 220 CE
Shìgù yǐ zhòng jī guǎ, yǐ zhì jī luàn, yǐ fù jī pín, yǐ néng jī bùnéng, yǐ jiàozú liànshì jī qūzhòng báitú, gù shí zhàn shí shèng, bǎizhànbǎishèng. [Pinyin]
The reason for this is that the many should be used to attack the few, the well organized to attack the disorganized, the well equipped to attack the poorly equipped, the able to attack the incompetent, well-instructed troops and trained knights to attack impressed hordes and untrained conscripts. As a result, in ten battles there will be ten victories; in a hundred battles, a hundred victories.

Pronunciation



Rime
Character 百 戰 勝
Reading # 1/1 1/1 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 章 (23) 書 (26)
Final (韻) 庚 (113) 仙 (77) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) II III III
Fanqie 博陌切 之膳切 詩證切
Baxter paek tsyenH syingH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/pˠæk̚/ /t͡ɕiᴇnH/ /ɕɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun
/pᵚak̚/ /t͡ɕiɛnH/ /ɕɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen
/pak̚/ /t͡ɕjænH/ /ɕieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/paɨjk̚/ /cianH/ /ɕiŋH/
Li
Rong
/pɐk̚/ /t͡ɕiɛnH/ /ɕiəŋH/
Wang
Li
/pɐk̚/ /t͡ɕĭɛnH/ /ɕĭəŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/pɐk̚/ /t͡ɕi̯ɛnH/ /ɕi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
bo zhàn shèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
bak1 zin3 sing3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 百 戰 戰 勝
Reading # 1/1 1/2 2/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
bǎi zhàn zhàn shèng
Middle
Chinese
‹ pæk › ‹ tsyenH › ‹ tsyenH › ‹ syingH ›
Old
Chinese
/*pˁrak/ /*tar-s/ /*tar-s/ /*l̥əŋ-s/
English hundred to fear battle overcome; surpass

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 百 戰 勝
Reading # 1/1 1/1 2/2
No. 194 2019 17128
Phonetic
component
白 單 朕
Rime
group
鐸 元 蒸
Rime
subdivision
0 1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
伯 戰 勝
Old
Chinese
/*praːɡ/ /*tjans/ /*hljɯŋs/

Idiom

百戰百勝

  1. to win every battle; to be ever-victorious

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (百戰百勝):

Korean

Hanja in this term
百戰百勝

Noun

百戰百勝 • (baekjeonbaekseung) (hangeul 백전백승)

  1. Hanja form? of 백전백승.

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
百戰百勝

Phrase

百戰百勝

  1. chữ Hán form of bách chiến bách thắng.
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