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

HSK 3
Tā xiāngxìn tuánjié jiù néng zhànwúbùshèng.
He believes that unity makes you invincible.
HSK 7-9
Zhè zhī qiúduì zài zhǔchǎng zhànwúbùshèng.
This team is unbeatable on their home court.

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