成事不足,敗事有餘
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See also: 成事不足,败事有余
Chinese
[edit]to accomplish a task; to succeed; to complete a mission | to fail in something; to bungle; to spoil something | |||||
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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 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- 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:
- 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/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
Idiom
[edit]成事不足,敗事有餘
- always failing, never succeeding; plenty of failures, but not much success
Synonyms
[edit]- (Cantonese) 食嘢唔做嘢,做嘢打爛嘢/食嘢唔做嘢,做嘢打烂嘢
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