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.]

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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 5^th 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.]

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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, 5^th 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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bǎizhànbǎishèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): baak³ zin³ baak³ sing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pak-chan-pak-sṳn
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): pek-chiàn-pek-sèng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): bêh⁴ ziang³ bêh⁴ sêng³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bǎizhànbǎishèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˇ ㄓㄢˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄕㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bǎijhànbǎishèng
    • Wade–Giles: pai³-chan⁴-pai³-shêng⁴
    • Yale: bǎi-jàn-bǎi-shèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: baejannbaeshenq
    • Palladius: байчжаньбайшэн (bajčžanʹbajšɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹ paɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: baak³ zin³ baak³ sing³
    • Yale: baak jin baak sing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁸ dzin³ baak⁸ sing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: bag³ jin³ bag³ xing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚³ t͡siːn³³ paːk̚³ sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pak-chan-pak-sṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: bag^ˋ zan bag^ˋ siin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bag⁵ zan⁴ bag⁵ sin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /pak̚² t͡san⁵⁵ pak̚² sɨn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pek-chiàn-pek-sèng
    • Tâi-lô: pik-tsiàn-pik-sìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pekciernpeksexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn¹¹⁻⁵³ piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡siɛn²¹⁻⁴¹ piɪk̚³²⁻⁴ siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bêh⁴ ziang³ bêh⁴ sêng³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: peh tsiàng peh sèng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peʔ²⁻⁴ t͡siaŋ²¹³⁻⁵⁵ peʔ²⁻⁴ seŋ²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: paek tsyenH paek syingH

Rime
Character	百	戰	勝
Reading #	1/1	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	章 (23)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	陌 (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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pɐk̚/	/t͡ɕi̯ɛnH/	/ɕi̯əŋH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bo	zhàn	shèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bak1	zin3	sing3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤrak  tar-s  pˤrak  l̥əŋ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*praːɡ  tjans  praːɡ  hljɯŋs/

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

• 戰無不勝／战无不胜 (zhànwúbùshèng)

Derived terms

• 知己知彼，百戰百勝／知己知彼，百战百胜 (zhījǐzhībǐ, bǎizhànbǎishèng)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (百戰百勝):

• → Japanese: 百戦百勝(ひゃくせんひゃくしょう) (hyakusenhyakushō)
• → Korean: 백전백승(百戰百勝) (baekjeonbaekseung)
• → Vietnamese: bách chiến bách thắng (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.