- lit. to win a victory on raising the flag (idiom); fig. to start on sth and have immediate success
- success in a single move
Characters
- 旗 (旂): flag; variant of 旗[qi2]
- 开 (開): to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- 得 (得): to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished
- 胜 (勝): 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)
Resources
- Wiktionary: 旗开得胜
- MDBG: 旗开得胜
- Examples with 旗开得胜 on Tatoeba
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