Definition
胜败 is a noun that means 'victory and defeat' or 'success and failure' — it's a pair of opposites (胜 'win' + 败 'lose') used together to talk about the outcome of a competition, battle, or any situation with a clear win/loss result. It often appears in fixed phrases like 胜败乃兵家常事 ('victory and defeat are common in war') or 胜败未定 ('the outcome is undecided'). Unlike 输赢 (which is more colloquial and used for games), 胜败 is more formal and literary.
n.
victory and defeatsuccess and failure (as a pair, often in formal or literary contexts)
Examples
- 胜败，。Bǐsài de shēng bìng bù zhòngyào, zhòngyào de shì cānyù.The outcome of the competition isn't important; what matters is participation.
- 胜败，。shēng nǎi bīngjiā cháng shì, zhè cì shū le xià cì zài lái.Victory and defeat are common in war — we lost this time, but we'll try again next time.
- 胜败。Zhè chǎng zhànzhēng de shēng zhìjīn réng wú dìnglùn.The outcome of this war is still undecided to this day.
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