转败为胜 zhuàn bài wéi shèng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat

CHARACTERS

转 zhuàn shift, move, turn
败 bài be defeated, decline, fail
为 wéi do, handle, govern, act; be
胜 shèng victory; excel, be better than