narrow victory; win by a small margin
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to win by a narrow margin; to narrowly defeat
Commonly used in sports, elections, and competitive contexts to indicate a close victory.
Jiǎ甲
duì队
yǐ以
sān3
shí1
yī比
bǐ3
sān0
shí险
xiǎn胜
shèng乙
Yǐ队
。
Team A narrowly defeated Team B with a score of 31 to 30.
Tā他
zài在
jué决
sài赛
zhōng中
xiǎn险
shèng胜
duì对
shǒu手
，
yíng赢
dé得
le了
jīn金
pái牌
。
He narrowly defeated his opponent in the final to win the gold medal.
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Zhè这
cì次
xuǎn选
jǔ举
tā他
xiǎn险
shèng胜
duì对
shǒu手
，
zhǐ只
duō多
le了
liǎng两
bǎi百
piào票
。
He won a narrow victory in this election, leading by only two hundred votes.