得胜 (dé shèng) — to win victory, to be victorious | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Literary/formal verb meaning 'to win, to be victorious' (often military or competitive). Use it for writing or reports; in everyday speech prefer 赢.

verb

to win victoryto be victorious

Examples

得胜，。
Wǒ jūn dé shèng guī lái, shòu dào le rè liè huān yíng.
Our army returned victorious and received a warm welcome.
，。
Zài zhè cì bǐ sài zhōng, tā men zhōng yú dé le shèng.
In this competition, they finally won victory.
，得胜。
Tā zhǐ huī dé dàng, zuì zhōng dé shèng.
He commanded well and finally won victory.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

得déobtain or win

胜shèngvictory

得 means obtain or win, and 胜 means victory, so the word means to win a victory.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The old form 㝵 showed a hand picking up a cowry, meaning to obtain; later changes turned that picture into 得.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

肉肉ròumeat

Sound part声符shēngfú

生

生shēng胜shèng

Same sound today

The simplified 胜 changes the traditional 勝 by replacing part of its sound side with 生; the left 肉 relates to meat.

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