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Definition(s) for: 胜败乃兵家常事

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
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Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
shèng- 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)
bài- to defeat
- to damage
- to lose (to an opponent)
- to fail
- to wither
nǎi- to be
- thus
- so
- therefore
- then
- only
- thereupon
nǎi- variant of 乃[nai3]
bīng- soldiers
- a force
- an army
- weapons
- arms
- military
- warlike
- CL:個|个[ge4]
jiā- home
- family
- (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)
- classifier for families or businesses
- refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China
- noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian
- CL:個|个[ge4]
jiā- used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1ju4]
cháng- surname Chang
cháng- always
- ever
- often
- frequently
- common
- general
- constant
shì- matter
- thing
- item
- work
- affair
- CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

Other Words Containing 胜败乃兵家常事

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo