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No arrogance in victory, No despair in defeat
勝不驕敗不餒 is a Chinese proverb suggesting you should have no arrogance when you experience a victory and not despair in failure or defeat.
Win / Victory
勝 is a single character that means to win or be victorious.
This can also be translated: To overcome; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb.
In another context, this can mean beautiful (scenery); scenic spot; or scenic beauty.
In Taiwanese Mandarin, this can be pronounced with the first tone (sheng1) and mean: Able to bear; equal to (a task).
In Japan, this can also be the name Masaru.
In Korea, this has the same meaning but can also be the surname Sŭng.
Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and You Cannot Lose
知彼知己百戰不殆 is from Sun Tzu's (Sunzi's) Art of War. It means that if you know and understand the enemy, you also know yourself, and thus with this complete understanding, you cannot lose.
This proverb is often somewhat directly translated as “Know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles without defeat.”
It can also be translated as “If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can come out of hundreds of battles without danger,” or “Know your enemy, know yourself, and your victory will not be threatened.”
Shinken Shobu
Death Match
In modern Japanese, 真剣勝負 means to take something very seriously.
The literal and historical meaning is “real sword battle.” In old times, a Samurai apprentice would practice with a wooden practice sword. Once trained and qualified, they would wield a real steel sword made for battle and killing. They were ready for a “death match” or Shinken Shobu.
真剣 is an adjective that has come to mean serious/earnest. The literal translation is “real sword.”
勝負 in the simplest terms, means match, contest, game, or bout. Depending on the context, it could also mean victory or defeat, winning and losing, or the outcome of a battle.
There is a suggestion in Shinken Shobu that you train with serious and real intent, as we should train with the same fervor and dedication as if the battle was real. “Train as we fight.”
See Also: The More We Sweat in Training the Less We Bleed in Battle | Cry in the Dojo - Laugh on the Battlefield
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
勝 胜 see styles |
shèng sheng4 sheng masaru まさる |
More info & calligraphy: Win / Victory(1) win; victory; (2) beautiful scenery; scenic spot; (suf,ctr) (3) (ant: 敗・2) counter for wins; (surname, female given name) Masaru jina, victorious, from ji, to overcome, surpass. |
勝敗 胜败 see styles |
shèng bài sheng4 bai4 sheng pai shouhai / shohai しょうはい |
victory or defeat; result victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.) |
勝負 胜负 see styles |
shèng fù sheng4 fu4 sheng fu shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
victory or defeat; the outcome of a battle (1) victory or defeat; (n,vs,vi) (2) match; contest; game; bout; (place-name) Shoubu winning and losing |
大勝 大胜 see styles |
dà shèng da4 sheng4 ta sheng daikatsu だいかつ |
to defeat decisively; to win decisively; great victory; triumph (n,vs,vi,adj-no) great victory; crushing victory; (surname) Daikatsu |
輸贏 输赢 see styles |
shū yíng shu1 ying2 shu ying yuei; shuei / yue; shue ゆえい; しゅえい |
win or loss; outcome gain or loss; victory or defeat |
雌雄 see styles |
cí xióng ci2 xiong2 tz`u hsiung tzu hsiung shiyuu / shiyu しゆう |
male and female (1) male and female (animals); the two sexes; (2) victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses |
天目山 see styles |
tenmokuzan てんもくざん |
line between victory and defeat; (personal name) Tenmokuzan |
不分勝負 不分胜负 see styles |
bù fēn shèng fù bu4 fen1 sheng4 fu4 pu fen sheng fu |
unable to determine victory or defeat (idiom); evenly matched; to come out even; to tie; to draw |
功敗垂成 功败垂成 see styles |
gōng bài chuí chéng gong1 bai4 chui2 cheng2 kung pai ch`ui ch`eng kung pai chui cheng |
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory |
勝ち負け see styles |
kachimake かちまけ |
victory or defeat; victory and defeat |
反敗為勝 反败为胜 see styles |
fǎn bài wéi shèng fan3 bai4 wei2 sheng4 fan pai wei sheng |
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide |
轉敗為勝 转败为胜 see styles |
zhuàn bài wéi shèng zhuan4 bai4 wei2 sheng4 chuan pai wei sheng |
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat |
勝不驕，敗不餒 胜不骄，败不馁 see styles |
shèng bù jiāo , bài bù něi sheng4 bu4 jiao1 , bai4 bu4 nei3 sheng pu chiao , pai pu nei |
no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat |
勝って驕らず負けて腐らず see styles |
katteogorazumaketekusarazu かっておごらずまけてくさらず |
(expression) (proverb) in victory, remember your humility; in defeat, remember your fighting spirit |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| No arrogance in victory, No despair in defeat | 勝不驕敗不餒 胜不骄败不馁 | shèng bù jiāo bài bù něi sheng4 bu4 jiao1 bai4 bu4 nei3 sheng bu jiao bai bu nei shengbujiaobaibunei | sheng pu chiao pai pu nei shengpuchiaopaipunei |
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| Win Victory | 勝 胜 | shou / sho | shèng / sheng4 / sheng | |
| Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself, and You Cannot Lose | 知彼知己百戰不殆 知彼知己百战不殆 | zhí bǐ zhí jī bǎi zhàn bú dài zhi2 bi3 zhi2 ji1 bai3 zhan4 bu2 dai4 zhi bi zhi ji bai zhan bu dai zhibizhijibaizhanbudai | chih pi chih chi pai chan pu tai | |
| Shinken Shobu | 真剣勝負 | shinken shoubu shinkenshoubu shinken shobu | ||
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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