toàn thắng
Definition
Noun:
- Complete victory; total victory: A win that is absolute and decisive, leaving no doubt about the superiority of the winning side. It implies winning all objectives or defeating an opponent utterly.
- Sweep (in competitions): Winning all matches, games, or contests in a series.
Adjective (Attributive):
- Completely victorious; achieving total victory: Used to describe a force, team, or side that has achieved such a win.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Chiến dịch kết thúc với một toàn thắng cho quân đội ta. (The campaign ended with a complete victory for our army.)
- Đội tuyển đó giành toàn thắng ở vòng bảng. (That team achieved a sweep in the group stage.)
Adjective:
- Chúng ta là đội toàn thắng. (We are the completely victorious team.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in historical, military, political, and sports contexts to emphasize the scale and finality of a success.
- It can function as a predicate in sentences like "" (This win is a total victory).
Variants and Related Words
- Toàn thắng is a compound word formed from "toàn" (whole, complete) and "thắng" (to win, victory). It is typically used as a single lexical unit.
- Thắng lợi hoàn toàn: A synonymous phrase meaning "complete success/victory."
Synonyms
- Complete victory
- Total victory
- Sweep (in sports/competitions)
- Landslide victory (especially in elections)
Related Idioms
- While "toàn thắng" itself is not typically part of a longer idiom, it is the core concept in historic slogans and statements, such as "" (Towards total victory!).