Definition

1. Verb:
   • To win a battle; to be victorious in a battle: The primary meaning refers to achieving a decisive military victory over an enemy in a specific armed conflict or battle.
   • To win a match/game (figurative): In a broader, figurative sense, it can be used for winning any competitive contest, such as a sports match or a game, where the competition is metaphorically likened to a battle.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân đội ta đã thắng trận một cách vẻ vang. (Our army won the battle gloriously.)
  • Sau nhiều giờ cố gắng, đội chủ nhà cuối cùng cũng thắng trận. (After many hours of effort, the home team finally won the match.)
  • Chiến lược đó đã giúp họ thắng trận. (That strategy helped them achieve victory.)

Advanced Usage

• "Ăn mừng chiến thắng/thắng trận": To celebrate a victory.
  • Người dân xuống đường ăn mừng chiến thắng. (The people took to the streets to celebrate the victory.)
• "Tướng thắng trận" / "Vị tướng thắng trận": A victorious general.
  • Ông ấy trở về trong tư thế của một vị tướng thắng trận. (He returned in the manner of a victorious general.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thắng (verb): To win, to defeat. A more general term for winning.
  • thắng cuộc (to win the contest/game)
  • thắng lợi (victory, triumph - often used for larger, more significant successes)
• Chiến thắng (noun): Victory, triumph. The noun form denoting the result of winning.
  • chiến thắng vẻ vang (a glorious victory)
• Bại trận (verb): To lose a battle; to be defeated. The direct antonym.
  • đội bóng đã bại trận (the football team lost the match)

Synonyms

• Đánh thắng: To fight and win.
• Toàn thắng: To achieve a complete victory.
• Thắng lợi: To triumph, to be victorious (broader in scope, can refer to non-military struggles).

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a compound verb, "thắng trận" itself functions as a unit. Related phrases often use its components. - Thắng (in competition): * thắng đội bạn (to defeat the opposing team) * thắng điểm (to win by points)

Related Idioms

• "Thắng làm vua, thua làm giặc": Literally "The winner becomes the king, the loser becomes the bandit." Meaning: History is written by the victors; the winner takes all.
• "Mưu kế hơn người, ắt sẽ thắng trận": Literally "With strategy superior to others, one will surely win the battle." Meaning: Superior planning leads to victory.

verb

1. to win a battle(victory)