Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Battle-tested, battle-seasoned: Describes someone or something that has experienced many battles and is therefore hardened and experienced in warfare.
   • All-victorious, invincible: Often used in the compound phrase "bách chiến bách thắng" to describe an entity that has fought a hundred battles and won a hundred battles, implying total invincibility.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Con ngựa bách chiến (A battle-tested war-horse)
  • Đội quân bách chiến bách thắng (An invincible army / A hundred-battles, hundred-victories army)

Advanced Usage

• The word "bách chiến" is classical and literary. It is most commonly found in historical, literary, or formal contexts to describe legendary warriors, armies, or heroes.
• It is rarely used in modern, everyday conversation to describe contemporary people or events. Its use evokes a sense of epic history and supreme martial prowess.

Variants and Related Words

• Bách chiến bách thắng (idiomatic phrase): All-victorious; invincible; literally "a hundred battles, a hundred victories."
  • Họ tự hào về truyền thống bách chiến bách thắng. (They are proud of their all-victorious tradition.)
• Bách thắng (adj): All-victorious (a component of the main idiom).
• Trăm trận (noun phrase): A hundred battles (a more colloquial synonym for "bách chiến" in its literal sense).

Synonyms

• Lão luyện (adj): Seasoned, experienced.
• Dạn dày (adj, often "dạn dày chiến trận"): Battle-hardened.
• Bất bại (adj): Undefeated, invincible.

Related Idioms

• Bách chiến bách thắng: As described above, this is the primary and almost exclusive idiom containing "bách chiến." It functions as a fixed adjective phrase.
  • Vị tướng lãnh đạo một đội quân bách chiến bách thắng. (The general led an invincible army.)

adj

1. Battle-tested, battle-seasoned
   • con ngựa bách chiến
     a battle-tested war-horse
   • bách chiến bách thắng
     all-victorious, invincible
   • đội quân bách chiến bách thắng
     an invincible army