shèng

victory

success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear; equal to (a task)

body (⺼) + sound shèng (生) = victory and superiority

⺼ (flesh/body) anchors the idea of physical strength and vitality. 生 mainly contributes the shèng sound; the body that surges with life is the body that wins.

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FleshSemantic
LifePhonetic

我们队昨天赢得了利,大家都很开心。

wǒ men duì zuó tiān yíng dé le shèng lì , dà jiā dōu hěn kāi xīn 。

Our team won victory yesterday, and everyone was very happy.

这里的风景美不收,让人流连忘返。

zhè lǐ de fēng jǐng měi bù shèng shōu , ràng rén liú lián wàng fǎn 。

The scenery here is too beautiful to take in all at once, making people reluctant to leave.

Words with 胜

速胜

sù shèng

rapid victory

连战连胜

lián zhàn lián shèng

fighting and winning a series of battles (idiom); ever victorious

运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外

yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài

a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

防不胜防

fáng bù shèng fáng

(idiom) virtually impossible to prevent

陈胜

chén shèng

Chen Sheng (died 208 BC), Qin dynasty rebel, leader of the Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising 陳勝吳廣起義|陈胜吴广起义[Chen2 Sheng4 Wu2 Guang3 Qi3 yi4]

陈胜吴广起义

chén shèng wú guǎng qǐ yì

Chen Sheng Wu Guang Uprising (209 BC), near the end of the Qin dynasty

陈木胜

chén mù shèng

Benny Chan (Hong Kong film director)

险胜

xiǎn shèng

to win by a narrow margin

青出于蓝而胜于蓝

qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán

lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)

高处不胜寒

gāo chù bù shèng hán

it's lonely at the top (idiom)

龙胜

lóng shèng

see 龍勝各族自治縣|龙胜各族自治县[Long2 sheng4 Ge4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4]

龙胜各族自治县

lóng shèng gè zú zì zhì xiàn

Longsheng Various Nationalities Autonomous County, in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi

More characters with ⺼