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百
戰
[-
战
]
Jyutping
baak3 zin3
Pinyin
bǎi zhàn
Definitions (Wiktionary)
noun, literally
a hundred battles
noun, figuratively
many battles
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
Cantonese
我哋摸清楚人哋嘅底细,先可以百战百胜。
我哋摸清楚人哋嘅底細,先可以百戰百勝。
ngo5 dei6 mo2 cing1 co2 jan4 dei6 ge3 dai2 sai3, sin1 ho2 ji5 baak3 zin3 baak3 sing3.
We have to probe the adversaries' background details in order to win every time.
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
但战争不是神物,仍是世间的一种必然运动,因此,孙子的规律,“知彼知己,百战不殆”,仍是科学的真理。
但戰爭不是神物,仍是世間的一種必然運動,因此,孫子的規律,“知彼知己,百戰不殆”,仍是科學的真理。
dàn zhàn zhēng bù shì shén wù , réng shì shì jiān de yī zhǒng bì rán yùn dòng , yīn cǐ , sūn zǐ de guī lǜ , “ zhī bǐ zhī jǐ , bǎi zhàn bù dài ” , réng shì kē xué de zhēn lǐ .
Yet war is in no way supernatural, but a mundane process governed by necessity. That is why Sun Wu Tzu's axiom, "Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat", remains a scientific truth.