부전승

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 不戰勝, from (no) + (battle) + (victory), from the Chinese idiom 不戰而勝不战而胜 (bùzhàn'érshèng, “to win without fighting”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?bujeonseung
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?bujeonseung
    McCune–Reischauer?pujŏnsŭng
    Yale Romanization?pucensung

    Noun

    부전승 • (bujeonseung) (hanja 不戰勝)

    1. (sports) bye (a situation in which a person or team is automatically advanced to the next round of a tournament, without having to play an opponent in an early round)