旗开得胜

Traditional: 旗開得勝

qí kāi dé shèng

Dictionary entry

lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success

What does 旗开得胜 mean?

旗开得胜 (qí kāi dé shèng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success

2success in a single move

Character breakdown

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旗qíflag · variant of 旗[qi2]开kāito open (transitive or intransitive) · (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start 得déto obtain · to get 胜shèngvictory · success

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旗开得胜

qí kāi dé shèng

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