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成事不足，败事有余【chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú】

unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
unable to do anything right
never make, but always mar

汉语词典Chinese definitions

成事不足，败事有余【chéng shì bù zú, bài shì yǒu yú】

wú néng无能Lì力bǎ把shì qing事情bàn hǎo办好，què却wǎng wǎng往往bǎ把shì qing事情nòng huài弄坏

chāo超rú如dào道：「zhè zhǒng这种rén人bù guò不过chuǎi mó揣摩fēng qì风气，tā他de的bāng máng帮忙kào de zhù靠得住má吗？」xiǎo小Yān燕dào道：「bù guò不过Yě也bù kě不可bù不fū yǎn敷衍yī xià一下，zhè zhǒng这种rén人chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú成事不足，败事有余。[[#Hàn yǔ汉语|]]

成事不足，败事有余【chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú】

unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
unable to do anything right
never make, but always mar

汉语词典Chinese definitions

成事不足，败事有余【chéng shì bù zú, bài shì yǒu yú】

wú néng无能Lì力bǎ把shì qing事情bàn hǎo办好，què却wǎng wǎng往往bǎ把shì qing事情nòng huài弄坏

chāo超rú如dào道：「zhè zhǒng这种rén人bù guò不过chuǎi mó揣摩fēng qì风气，tā他de的bāng máng帮忙kào de zhù靠得住má吗？」xiǎo小Yān燕dào道：「bù guò不过Yě也bù kě不可bù不fū yǎn敷衍yī xià一下，zhè zhǒng这种rén人chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú成事不足，败事有余。[[#Hàn yǔ汉语|]]

成

HSK 22

含义completed, finished, fixed

拼音chéng

事

HSK 11

含义affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident

拼音shì

不

HSK 11

含义no, not; un-; negative prefix

拼音bù

足

HSK 32

含义foot; attain, satisfy, enough; Kangxi radical 156

拼音zú

败

HSK 4

含义be defeated, decline, fail

拼音bài

有

HSK 11

含义have, own, possess; exist

拼音yǒu

余

HSK 4

含义I, my, me; surname; surplus

拼音yú