险胜

險勝

xiǎnshèng

verb #36,918

Meanings

1 to win by a narrow margin
2 to scrape through a victory

Characters

dangerous; narrow

Examples

中国队以一球险胜对手。

Zhōngguó duì yǐ yī qiú xiǎnshèng duìshǒu.

The Chinese team beat their opponents by a single goal.

他在决赛中险胜卫冕冠军。

Tā zài juésài zhōng xiǎnshèng wèimiǎn guànjūn.

He narrowly defeated the defending champion in the final.

Tips

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Sports-news vocabulary. The opposite — losing by a hair — is 惜败 xībài; a comfortable win is 完胜 wánshèng or 大胜 dàshèng. Headlines almost always use 险胜 / 惜败 to avoid repetition.

Stroke Order

险 xiǎn

胜 shèng