thân kinh bách chiến

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Meaning · English

A body through a hundred battles — veteran to the bone.

Literally: the self has passed a hundred battles

Examples

Ông ấy thân kinh bách chiến, việc này nhỏ.He's a hundred-battle veteran — this is nothing.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Vietnamese Wikiquote (CC BY-SA 4.0); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “thân kinh bách chiến” mean?

A body through a hundred battles — veteran to the bone. Literally: the self has passed a hundred battles

Is “thân kinh bách chiến” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.