势在必得
shì zài bì dé
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Traditional: 勢在必得
Set on getting or winning something at all costs, and sure of success. Used of teams, bidders and competitors who are going all out for a prize.
Quyết giành cho bằng được và tin chắc mình sẽ giành được. Thường dùng cho đội bóng, nhà thầu hay đối thủ cạnh tranh đang dốc toàn lực cho một mục tiêu.
Register: neutral
Examples
Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check
Sources & notes
Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thế tại tất đắc” (the-tai-tat-dac). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.
Equivalents & related
Common questions
What does “势在必得” mean?
Set on getting or winning something at all costs, and sure of success. Used of teams, bidders and competitors who are going all out for a prize. Literally: as things stand, it must be won
Is “势在必得” formal or informal?
势在必得 is generally neutral.