Word Meaning 後手必敗

ごてひっぱい gotehippai

後手必敗 is read as ごてひっぱい (gotehippai) and means Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second.

Meaning

English

Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second
Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat

Reading

Kana

ごてひっぱい

Romaji

gotehippai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 67165 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

後手に回る

ごてにまわる

to be forestalled

必勝不敗

ひっしょうふはい

certain victory

必敗

ひっぱい

certain defeat

後手

ごて

rear guard

後ろ手

うしろで

putting one's hands behind one's back

驕兵必敗

きょうへいひっぱい

defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army

手が後ろに回る

てがうしろにまわる

to have one's hands tied behind one

先手必勝

せんてひっしょう

victory goes to the one who makes the first move

敗戦投手

はいせんとうしゅ

losing pitcher

後妻

ごさい

second wife

後期

こうき

latter period

後回し

あとまわし

putting off