百戦
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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百 | 戦 |
ひゃく Grade: 1 |
せん Grade: 4 |
goon |
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百戰 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology edit
Literary Chinese 百戰 (bǎizhàn, literally “a hundred battles”). Compare 百獣 (hyakujū, “all beasts”, literally “a hundred beasts”), 百姓 (hyakushō, “all citizens”, literally “a hundred clans”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- (chiefly in compounds) many or all battles
See also edit
- 百戦百勝 (hyakusen hyakushō, “invincible; matchless”, literally “a hundred battle, a hundred victories”)
- 百戦練磨 (hyakusen renma, “verteran; seasoned; hard-bitten”, literally “tempered by a hundred battles”)
- 彼を知り己を知れば百戦殆からず (kare o shiri onore o shireba hyakusen ayaukarazu)