百发百中
bǎi fā bǎi zhòng
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 百發百中
To hit the target every time. Used literally for shooting and archery, and figuratively for guesses, predictions or plans that never miss.
Bắn trăm phát trúng cả trăm. Nghĩa đen nói về tài bắn; nghĩa bóng chỉ việc đoán hay làm gì cũng trúng, không sai lần nào.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 061 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ ; en.wiktionary Vietnamese entries via kaikki.org extract, snapshot 2026-07-31 (CC BY-SA 4.0): Hán-Việt reading 中 = trúng; etymology of “bách phát bách trúng” = 百發百中 · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “bách phát bách trúng” (bach-phat-bach-trung). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “百发百中” mean?
To hit the target every time. Used literally for shooting and archery, and figuratively for guesses, predictions or plans that never miss. Literally: a hundred shots, a hundred hits
Is “百发百中” formal or informal?
百发百中 is generally neutral.