转败为胜

Traditional: 轉敗為勝

zhuàn bài wéi shèng

Dictionary entry

to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat

What does 转败为胜 mean?

转败为胜 (zhuàn bài wéi shèng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat

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转zhuǎisee 轉文|转文[zhuai3 wen2]败bàito defeat · to damage 为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as 胜shèngvictory · success

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转败为胜

zhuàn bài wéi shèng

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