"試合に負けて勝負に勝つ" meaning in Japanese

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"to lose the competition but win the match\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "試合に負けて勝負に勝つ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "試",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "合",
          "あい"
        ],
        [
          "負",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "勝",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "負",
          "ぶ"
        ],
        [
          "勝",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiai ni makete shōbu ni katsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "2": "しあい に まけて しょうぶ に かつ",
        "head": "試合に負けて勝負に勝つ"
      },
      "expansion": "試(し)合(あい)に負(ま)けて勝(しょう)負(ぶ)に勝(か)つ • (shiai ni makete shōbu ni katsu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have \"won\" a match on a psychological or personal level despite losing to all appearances"
      ],
      "id": "en-試合に負けて勝負に勝つ-ja-phrase-AOJi51s9",
      "links": [
        [
          "to all appearances",
          "to all appearances"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to have \"won\" a match on a psychological or personal level despite losing to all appearances"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕia̠i ɲ̟i ma̠ke̞te̞ ɕo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝ ɲ̟i ka̠t͡sɨᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "試合に負けて勝負に勝つ"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Literally, \"to lose the competition but win the match\".",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "試合に負けて勝負に勝つ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "試",
          "し"
        ],
        [
          "合",
          "あい"
        ],
        [
          "負",
          "ま"
        ],
        [
          "勝",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "負",
          "ぶ"
        ],
        [
          "勝",
          "か"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shiai ni makete shōbu ni katsu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "2": "しあい に まけて しょうぶ に かつ",
        "head": "試合に負けて勝負に勝つ"
      },
      "expansion": "試(し)合(あい)に負(ま)けて勝(しょう)負(ぶ)に勝(か)つ • (shiai ni makete shōbu ni katsu)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese informal terms",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese phrases",
        "Japanese terms spelled with fourth grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms written with six Han script characters"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to have \"won\" a match on a psychological or personal level despite losing to all appearances"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "to all appearances",
          "to all appearances"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) to have \"won\" a match on a psychological or personal level despite losing to all appearances"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɕia̠i ɲ̟i ma̠ke̞te̞ ɕo̞ːbɯ̟ᵝ ɲ̟i ka̠t͡sɨᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "試合に負けて勝負に勝つ"
}

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