Definition
胜券 literally means 'victory ticket' — a metaphorical way of saying a guaranteed win or sure success. It rarely appears alone in modern Chinese; you'll almost always find it in the fixed expression 胜券在握 ('to have the winning card in hand'). As a noun, it carries a formal, literary flavor and is used in competitive, business, or strategic contexts.
n.
a sure winconfidence in victorywinning hand
Examples
- 胜券。Zhè chǎng bǐsài tā yǐjīng shēng zài wò le.He already has the game in the bag.
- ，胜券。Duìshǒu shílì hěn qiáng, wǒmen bùnéng qīng yán shēng.The opponent is very strong; we cannot talk about victory lightly.
- ，胜券。Zhǐyào wǒmen wěn zhā wěn dǎ, shēng jiù wò zài wǒmen shǒuzhōng.As long as we play steadily, the winning card is in our hands.
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