战无不胜
zhàn wú bù shèng
invincible; to win every battle
Character by character
战zhàn
fight
fight
无wú
none
none
不bù
not
not
胜shèng
win
win
Example
这支球队并不是战无不胜的,去年也输过好几场。
This team is not invincible: it lost quite a few games last year too.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
Of armies, teams and players, and of ideas or methods that never fail. Often softened with 几乎 or turned negative: 没有战无不胜的人, “nobody wins every time”.
Learn this in Lesson 23 · HSK 5: 国球:乒乓球 (Ping-pong, the national game)
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