成事不足，敗事有餘

成事不足，敗事有餘

See also: 成事不足，败事有余

Chinese

		to accomplish a task; to succeed; to complete a mission	insufficient; inadequate; inadequacy insufficient; inadequate; 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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ, ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ, ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshyh butzwu, bayshyh yeouyu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ i̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ y³⁵/

Idiom

成事不足，敗事有餘

1. always failing, never succeeding; plenty of failures, but not much success