부전승

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Korean

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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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)