屡败屡战

屢敗屢戰

lǚbài-lǚzhàn

idiom

Meanings

1 to fight on despite repeated defeats
2 to keep trying after every failure

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

他创业失败了三次，却屡败屡战，从不放弃。

Tā chuàngyè shībài le sān cì, què lǚbài-lǚzhàn, cóngbù fàngqì.

His business failed three times, but he kept fighting on and never gave up.

HSK 5

这支球队屡败屡战，今年终于拿到了冠军。

Zhè zhī qiúduì lǚbài-lǚzhàn, jīnnián zhōngyú nádào le guànjūn.

The team lost again and again but kept fighting, and this year it finally won the championship.

Tips

history

The story goes that when 曾国藩 reported his defeats by the Taiping armies to the throne, the draft's 屡战屡败 'fought again and again, lost every time' was turned into 屡败屡战 'lost again and again, fought on every time'. The same four characters in a new order turn a record of failure into one of resolve.

Stroke Order

屡 lǚ

败 bài

战 zhàn