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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

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

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