战无不胜

戰無不勝
zhànwúbùshèng
idiom #16,836

Meanings

  1. 1 all-conquering
  2. 2 invincible
  3. 3 to win every battle

Characters

Literally 'fight-without-not-winning,' i.e., every battle results in victory.

Examples

Zhè zhī qiúduì zài zhǔchǎng zhànwúbùshèng.
This team is unbeatable on their home court.
Tā xiāngxìn tuánjié jiù néng zhànwúbùshèng.
He believes that unity makes you invincible.

Tips

grammar
The double negative 无不 (without-not) creates an emphatic positive: 'there is no battle that is not won.' This structure is common in classical Chinese idioms.
history
Traced to 《战国策·齐策二》: a strategist who keeps winning every battle yet never knows when to stop courts ruin. The idiom warns that being all-conquering is not the same as knowing restraint.

Stroke Order

zhàn
shèng