勝敗乃兵家常事
shèng​bài​nǎi​bīng​jiā​cháng​shì

victory and defeat are common for soldiers

  • created sense approved 胜败乃兵家常事/勝敗乃兵家常事 · shèng​bài​nǎi​bīng​jiā​cháng​shì · victory and defeat are common for soldiers — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    胜败乃兵家常事 / 勝敗乃兵家常事

    shèng​bài​nǎi​bīng​jiā​cháng​shì

    victory and defeat are common for soldiers

    victory and defeat are common occurrences for those who lead troops; often used to encourage someone not to lose heart after a failure, as nothing can always be successful

    胜败 (literal) → 胜败/勝敗 · shèng​bài · victory or defeat 乃 (literal) → 乃 · nǎi · to be 兵家 (literal) → 兵家 · bīng​jiā · military expert 常事 (literal) → 常事 · cháng​shì · common happening

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense