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胜之不武

shèng zhī bù wǔ

4-character word Traditional 勝之不武

What 胜之不武 means

1. (fig.) to fight a one-sided battle
2. to have an unfair advantage in a contest

The characters in 胜之不武

• 胜shèngvictory; success; to beat
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 武wǔmartial; military

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