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勝之不武
  sing3 zi1 bat1 mou5   jyutping
  sheng4 zhi1 bu4 wu3   pinyin
to win a fight because of an unfair advantage;
to have no glory in winning over an opponent who was at a disadvantage.

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
勝之不武 / 胜之不武

This word has been viewed 1462 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 27th Aug 2010 05:31 and last edited on 12th Mar 2013 23:00
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Characters in this word:

 sing3 sing1  -  win; excel; competent
 zi1  -  's; of; it; this; go to; to
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 mou5  -  force; military, martial
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