成事不足，敗事有餘 in Chinese

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA, standard], /sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/ [Hakka, Meixian, Sinological-IPA], /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/, /sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/, /sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/ Chinese transliterations: chéngshì bùzú [Mandarin, Pinyin], bàishì yǒuyú [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo], sing⁴ si⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵, bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi² [Guangdong, Hakka, Meixian], chéngshì bùzú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], bàishì yǒuyú [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin, standard], ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ [Mandarin, bopomofo, standard], chéngshìh bùzú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], bàishìh yǒuyú [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin, standard], chʻêng²-shih⁴ pu⁴-tsu² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], pai⁴-shih⁴ yu³-yü² [Mandarin, Wade-Giles, standard], chéng-shr̀ bù-dzú- [Mandarin, Yale, standard], bài-shr̀ yǒu-yú [Mandarin, Yale, standard], cherngshyh butzwu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], bayshyh yeouyu [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin, standard], чэнши буцзу [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], байши ююй [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], čɛnši buczu [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], bajši jujuj [Mandarin, Palladius, standard], sìhng sih bāt jūk, baaih sih yáuh yùh [Cantonese, Yale], sing⁴ si⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴ [Cantonese, Pinyin], xing⁴ xi⁶ bed¹ zug¹, bai⁶ xi⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization] Forms: 成事不足，败事有余 [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 成事不足，敗事有餘

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        "always failing, never succeeding; plenty of failures, but not much success"
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      "id": "en-成事不足，敗事有餘-zh-phrase-6SCNvSrx",
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          "succeeding",
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          "failure",
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        [
          "success",
          "success"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese"
          ],
          "word": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打烂嘢"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "生雞卵無，放雞屎有"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
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          "word": "生鸡卵无，放鸡屎有"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      "zh-pron": "chéngshì bùzú"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàishì yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing⁴ si⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵, bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéngshì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàishì yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéngshìh bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàishìh yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻêng²-shih⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pai⁴-shih⁴ yu³-yü²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéng-shr̀ bù-dzú-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bài-shr̀ yǒu-yú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cherngshyh butzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bayshyh yeouyu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чэнши буцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "байши ююй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čɛnši buczu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bajši jujuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìhng sih bāt jūk, baaih sih yáuh yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing⁴ si⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xing⁴ xi⁶ bed¹ zug¹, bai⁶ xi⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "成事不足，敗事有餘"
}

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        "Chinese terms spelled with 事",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 成",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 敗",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 有",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 足",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 餘",
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        "Hakka lemmas",
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéngshì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàishì yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing⁴ si⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Guangdong",
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵, bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéngshì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàishì yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéngshìh bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bàishìh yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chʻêng²-shih⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pai⁴-shih⁴ yu³-yü²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "chéng-shr̀ bù-dzú-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bài-shr̀ yǒu-yú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "cherngshyh butzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bayshyh yeouyu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "чэнши буцзу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "байши ююй"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "čɛnši buczu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius",
        "standard"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bajši jujuj"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sìhng sih bāt jūk, baaih sih yáuh yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sing⁴ si⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xing⁴ xi⁶ bed¹ zug¹, bai⁶ xi⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meixian",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ],
      "word": "食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打烂嘢"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "生雞卵無，放雞屎有"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "生鸡卵无，放鸡屎有"
    }
  ],
  "word": "成事不足，敗事有餘"
}

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"成事不足，敗事有餘" meaning in Chinese

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