胜券

勝券
shèngquàn
noun #28,467

Meanings

  1. 1 winning ticket
  2. 2 assurance of victory
  3. 3 confidence of winning

Examples

Tā wěn cāo shèngquàn, cóngróng de děngdài bǐsài jiéshù.
With victory in his grasp, he waited calmly for the match to end.
Zài zhè chǎng xuǎnjǔ zhōng, tā yǐjīng xiōng yǒu shèngquàn.
He is already confident of winning this election.

Tips

usage
胜券 rarely appears alone — it is almost always part of the idiom 稳操胜券 (wěn cāo shèngquàn), meaning 'to have victory firmly in one's grasp'. originally referred to a contract or voucher guaranteeing a prize.

Stroke Order

shèng
quàn