Hold the spear and halberd to fight to the end in order to achieve success.
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成事不足，败事有余
成事不足，败事有余
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
- ，。
He always fails to accomplish anything and is even good at ruining things.
- 貳形adjective
unable to do anything right
- ，。
He always falls short of success but excels at causing failure.
- 參形adjective
never make, but always mar
- ，。
He always falls short of success but excels at failure.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⼅(hook; fishhook)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
- 彐(hand holding brush)ASSOCIATIVE
Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 足(foot (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
A footprint drawing represents a foot and the act of walking.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 貝(money; wealth)RADICAL
- 攵(hand holding stick; beat)ASSOCIATIVE
When property is beaten and destroyed into pieces, it represents failure.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
- 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human; man)RADICAL
- 余(surplus; remainder (person standing under roof with excess))ASSOCIATIVE
A person inside a house with surplus is like "I"—the one remaining after giving away.
成事不足，败事有余
Traditional成事不足，敗事有餘
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
3 meanings
MEANING3 meanings
MEANING
- 壹形adjective
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
- ，。
He always fails to accomplish anything and is even good at ruining things.
- 貳形adjective
unable to do anything right
- ，。
He always falls short of success but excels at causing failure.
- 參形adjective
never make, but always mar
- ，。
He always falls short of success but excels at failure.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- ⼅(hook; fishhook)RADICAL
- 口(mouth; speech)ASSOCIATIVE
- 彐(hand holding brush)ASSOCIATIVE
Using your hand to hold a brush and write down important spoken words from beginning to end is work.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 不(no; not; negation)ASSOCIATIVE
A bird flying swiftly upward and never willing to return represents the meaning of swift and unyielding.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 足(foot (pictograph))ASSOCIATIVE
A footprint drawing represents a foot and the act of walking.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 貝(money; wealth)RADICAL
- 攵(hand holding stick; beat)ASSOCIATIVE
When property is beaten and destroyed into pieces, it represents failure.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 月(moon; flesh (iconic representation))RADICAL
- 又(right hand; again)ASSOCIATIVE
A hand holding a piece of meat — that is 'to have'.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 人(person; human; man)RADICAL
- 余(surplus; remainder (person standing under roof with excess))ASSOCIATIVE
A person inside a house with surplus is like "I"—the one remaining after giving away.
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