胜

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)

body (⺼) + sound shèng (生) = victory and superiority

⺼ (flesh/body) anchors the idea of physical strength and vitality. 生 mainly contributes the shèng sound; the body that surges with life is the body that wins.

⺼+生→胜
⺼FleshSemantic
生LifePhonetic

我们队昨天赢得了胜利,大家都很开心。

wǒ men duì zuó tiān yíng dé le shèng lì , dà jiā dōu hěn kāi xīn 。

Our team won victory yesterday, and everyone was very happy.

这里的风景美不胜收,让人流连忘返。

zhè lǐ de fēng jǐng měi bù shèng shōu , ràng rén liú lián wàng fǎn 。

The scenery here is too beautiful to take in all at once, making people reluctant to leave.

Words with 胜

乘胜追击

chéng shèng zhuī jī

to follow up a victory and press home the attack

永胜

yǒng shèng

Yongsheng county in Lijiang 麗江|丽江[Li4 jiang1], Yunnan

必胜

bì shèng

to be certain of victory

稳操胜券

wěn cāo shèng quàn

grasp it and victory is assured

不胜枚举

bù shèng méi jǔ

too numerous to mention individually or one by one

大获全胜

dà huò quán shèng

to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory

速胜

sù shèng

rapid victory

连战连胜

lián zhàn lián shèng

fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom); ever victorious

运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外

yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài

a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

防不胜防

fáng bù shèng fáng

(idiom) virtually impossible to prevent

陈胜

chén shèng

Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]

陈胜吴广起义

chén shèng wú guǎng qǐ yì

Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty

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