旗开得胜 — Chinese idiom
旗开得胜
qí kāi dé shèng
Traditional: 旗開得勝
Meaning
- lit. to win a victory on raising the flag ; fig. to start on sth and have immediate success
- success in a single move
Character by character
- 旗qíbanner, flag, streamer
- 开kāito open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- 得déto obtain, to get, to acquire; suitable, proper; r
- 胜shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph
Idioms sharing a character
- 偃旗息鼓 yǎn qí xī gǔ
- 别树一旗 bié shù yī qí
- 大张旗鼓 dà zhāng qí gǔ
- 摇旗呐喊 yáo qí nà hǎn
- 收旗卷伞 shōu qí juǎn sǎn
- 旗帜鲜明 qí zhì xiān míng
- 旗鼓相当 qí gǔ xiāng dāng
- 重整旗鼓 chóng zhěng qí gǔ
- 信口开河 xìn kǒu kāi hé
- 别开生面 bié kāi shēng miàn
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