- to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
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- to turn defeat into victory
This idiom is used to describe a situation where someone or a group manages to reverse a disadvantage or losing position to achieve success.
In the match, they successfully turned defeat into victory and won the championship.
He turned defeat into victory in the face of difficulties and gained everyone’s respect.
Generated collocations (experimental)
fǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜to turn defeat into victoryfǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜de的jī huì机会the opportunity to turn the tidezài在bǐ sài比赛Zhōng中fǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜to turn the game aroundnǔ lì努力fǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜to strive to turn defeat into victorychuàng zào创造fǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜de的qí jì奇迹to create a miracle of turning defeat into victoryfǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜de的guān jiàn关键the key to turning the tidefǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜de的cè lüè策略strategies for turning defeat into victorybǐ sài比赛Zhōng中fǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜to come back and win in the competitiontuán jié团结lì liang力量fǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜to unite efforts and turn defeat into victorylì shǐ shàng历史上de的fǎn bài wéi shèng反败为胜historical instances of turning defeat into victory