"成事不足,敗事有餘" meaning in 漢語

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Phrase

IPA: /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA], /sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/ [Hakka, IPA] Forms: 成事不足,败事有余 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 無能力把事情辦好,卻往往把事情弄壞
    Sense id: zh-成事不足,敗事有餘-zh-phrase-v4eb9PO~ Categories (other): 有引文的官話詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "官話詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "客家語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "客家語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「不」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「事」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「成」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「敗」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「有」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「足」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "帶「餘」的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有國際音標的漢語詞",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語俗語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "漢語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語成語",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "粵語詞元",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "成事不足,败事有余",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "有引文的官話詞",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              62
            ]
          ],
          "text": "超如道:「這種人不過揣摩風氣,他的幫忙靠得住嗎?」小燕道:「不過也不可不敷衍一下,這種人成事不足,敗事有餘。[[#漢語|]]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "無能力把事情辦好,卻往往把事情弄壞"
      ],
      "id": "zh-成事不足,敗事有餘-zh-phrase-v4eb9PO~"
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅縣",
        "客家話拼音"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅縣",
        "客家話拼音"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chéngshì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàishì yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chéngshìh bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàishìh yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻêng²-shih⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai⁴-shih⁴ yu³-yü²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chéng-shr̀ bù-dzú-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bài-shr̀ yǒu-yú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cherngshyh butzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bayshyh yeouyu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čɛnši buczu, bajši jujuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чэнши буцзу"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čɛnši buczu, bajši jujuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байши ююй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing⁴ si⁶ bat¹ zuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìhng sih bāt jūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baaih sih yáuh yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing⁴ si⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xing⁴ xi⁶ bed¹ zug¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bai⁶ xi⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅州話",
        "客家話拼音"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅州話",
        "客家話拼音"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅州話"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
  "word": "成事不足,敗事有餘"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "官話成語",
    "官話詞元",
    "客家語成語",
    "客家語詞元",
    "帶「不」的漢語詞",
    "帶「事」的漢語詞",
    "帶「成」的漢語詞",
    "帶「敗」的漢語詞",
    "帶「有」的漢語詞",
    "帶「足」的漢語詞",
    "帶「餘」的漢語詞",
    "有1個詞條的頁面",
    "有國際音標的漢語詞",
    "有詞條的頁面",
    "漢語俗語",
    "漢語成語",
    "漢語詞元",
    "粵語成語",
    "粵語詞元"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "成事不足,败事有余",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "漢語",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "俗語",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "有引文的官話詞"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              44,
              62
            ]
          ],
          "text": "超如道:「這種人不過揣摩風氣,他的幫忙靠得住嗎?」小燕道:「不過也不可不敷衍一下,這種人成事不足,敗事有餘。[[#漢語|]]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "無能力把事情辦好,卻往往把事情弄壞"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅縣",
        "客家話拼音"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅縣",
        "客家話拼音"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chéngshì bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàishì yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chéngshìh bùzú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bàishìh yǒuyú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chʻêng²-shih⁴ pu⁴-tsu²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "pai⁴-shih⁴ yu³-yü²"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "chéng-shr̀ bù-dzú-"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bài-shr̀ yǒu-yú"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "cherngshyh butzwu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bayshyh yeouyu"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čɛnši buczu, bajši jujuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "чэнши буцзу"
    },
    {
      "roman": "čɛnši buczu, bajši jujuj",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "байши ююй"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing⁴ si⁶ bat¹ zuk¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sìhng sih bāt jūk"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baaih sih yáuh yùh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sing⁴ si⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "xing⁴ xi⁶ bed¹ zug¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bai⁶ xi⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅州話",
        "客家話拼音"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅州話",
        "客家話拼音"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Hakka"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi²"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡ɕiʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "梅州話"
      ],
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        "Hakka",
        "IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "idiomatic"
  ],
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}

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