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成事不足，败事有余

chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú

Definitions

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

Child Words of 成事不足，败事有余

不足
bù zú
余
yú
足
jù
不
bù
足
zú
有
yǒu
成
chéng
有余
yǒu yú
成事
chéng shì
事
shì
败
bài