snatch a victory out of defeat

snatch a victory out of defeat

Turn defeat into victory, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Zhu dunb à IW é ISH è ng, refers to change defeat into victory. The idiom comes from the biography of Guan Yan in historical records by Sima Qian in the Western Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In Sima Qian's biography of Guan Yan in historical records of the Western Han Dynasty, it is said that "he is good at politics, good at fortune because of misfortune, and good at success because of failure."

Idiom usage

He is good at using troops and can always save the day from danger. Yao xueyin's Li Zicheng Volume 1 Chapter 3