成事不足，敗事有餘

See also: 成事不足，败事有余

Chinese[edit]

		to accomplish a task; to succeed; to complete a mission	insufficient; inadequate; lacking insufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough		to fail in something; to bungle; to spoil something	to have an abundance; odd; about to have an abundance; odd; about; or so
trad. (成事不足，敗事有餘)		成事	不足	，	敗事	有餘
simp. (成事不足，败事有余)		成事	不足	，	败事	有余

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ , ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴ si⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴
Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵, bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ , ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshìh bùzú, bàishìh yǒuyú
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²-shih⁴ pu⁴-tsu², pai⁴-shih⁴ yu³-yü²
  - Yale: chéng-shr̀ bù-dzú-, bài-shr̀ yǒu-yú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshyh butzwu, bayshyh yeouyu
  - Palladius: чэнши буцзу, байши ююй (čɛnši buczu, bajši jujuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴ si⁶ bat¹ zuk¹, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jyu⁴
  - Yale: sìhng sih bāt jūk, baaih sih yáuh yùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴ si⁶ bat⁷ dzuk⁷, baai⁶ si⁶ jau⁵ jy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴ xi⁶ bed¹ zug¹, bai⁶ xi⁶ yeo⁵ yu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/
Hakka
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sen² si⁴ bud⁵ jiug⁵, bai⁴ si⁴ yu¹ yi²
  - Sinological IPA: /sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡siʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/

成事不足，敗事有餘