百戦
Japanese
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
Literary Chinese 百戰 (literally “a hundred battles”). Compare 百獣 (hyakujū, “all beasts”, literally “a hundred beasts”), 百姓 (hyakushō, “all citizens”, literally “a hundred clans”).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) ひゃくせん [hyàk
úséń] (Heiban – [0]) - IPA(key): [ça̠kɯ̟̊ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
百戦 • (hyakusen)
- (collective, chiefly in compounds) many or all battles
See also
- 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)