DICTIONARY · CC-CEDICT

轉敗為勝

简转败为胜 · 繁轉敗為勝

Mandarin · pinyin zhuàn bài wéi shèng

to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat

Full entryShow on map

Characters in this entry

轉: Look up this written character
敗: Look up this written character
為: Look up this written character
勝: shèng · victory; excel, be better than
转: zhuǎn · shift, move, turn
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail
为: wèi · do, handle, govern, act; be
胜: shèng · victory; excel, be better than

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

Explore the spelling

Mandarin tones

4–4–2–4 · zhuan4 bai4 wei2 sheng4

Compare attested words with these syllables ↗

Dictionary tones. Connected speech can change their realization.

Connected dictionary

5character links

Explore word families ↗Compare pronunciations ↗Open character structure ↗

Counts describe dictionary records, not word frequency or semantic similarity. Source identities stay separate.

Read this spelling in Classical texts

Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.

轉敗為勝 · find source passages ↗ · 转败为胜 · find source passages ↗

Explore Classical grammar ↗