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成敗在此一舉


成败在此一举

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chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ
    cheng2 bai4 zai4 ci3 yi1 ju3
ch`eng pai tsai tz`u i chü
    cheng pai tsai tzu i chü
win or lose, it all ends here; this is the moment to shine

勝不驕,敗不餒


胜不骄,败不馁

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shèng bù jiāo , bài bù něi
    sheng4 bu4 jiao1 , bai4 bu4 nei3
sheng pu chiao , pai pu nei
no arrogance in victory, no despair in defeat

勝者王侯敗者寇


胜者王侯败者寇

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shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě kòu
    sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4
sheng che wang hou pai che k`ou
    sheng che wang hou pai che kou
the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom); history is written by the victors

勝者王侯敗者賊


胜者王侯败者贼

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shèng zhě wáng hóu bài zhě zéi
    sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 zei2
sheng che wang hou pai che tsei
see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4]

失敗是成功之母


失败是成功之母

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shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ
    shi1 bai4 shi4 cheng2 gong1 zhi1 mu3
shih pai shih ch`eng kung chih mu
    shih pai shih cheng kung chih mu

More info & calligraphy:

Failure is the Mother of Success
Failure is the mother of success.

成也蕭何,敗也蕭何


成也萧何,败也萧何

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chéng yě xiāo hé , bài yě xiāo hé
    cheng2 ye3 xiao1 he2 , bai4 ye3 xiao1 he2
ch`eng yeh hsiao ho , pai yeh hsiao ho
    cheng yeh hsiao ho , pai yeh hsiao ho
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1]; fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor

成事不足,敗事有餘


成事不足,败事有余

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chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú
    cheng2 shi4 bu4 zu2 , bai4 shi4 you3 yu2
ch`eng shih pu tsu , pai shih yu yü
    cheng shih pu tsu , pai shih yu yü
unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom); unable to do anything right; never make, but always mar

成則為王,敗則為寇


成则为王,败则为寇

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chéng zé wéi wáng , bài zé wéi kòu
    cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4
ch`eng tse wei wang , pai tse wei k`ou
    cheng tse wei wang , pai tse wei kou
lit. called a king if successful, called a bandit if defeated (idiom); fig. losers are always in the wrong

成者為王,敗者為寇


成者为王,败者为寇

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chéng zhě wéi wáng , bài zhě wéi kòu
    cheng2 zhe3 wei2 wang2 , bai4 zhe3 wei2 kou4
ch`eng che wei wang , pai che wei k`ou
    cheng che wei wang , pai che wei kou
see 成則為王,敗則為寇|成则为王,则为寇[cheng2 ze2 wei2 wang2 , bai4 ze2 wei2 kou4]

金玉其外,敗絮其中


金玉其外,败絮其中

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jīn yù qí wài , bài xù qí zhōng
    jin1 yu4 qi2 wai4 , bai4 xu4 qi2 zhong1
chin yü ch`i wai , pai hsü ch`i chung
    chin yü chi wai , pai hsü chi chung
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

金玉其表,敗絮其中


金玉其表,败絮其中

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jīn yù qí biǎo , bài xù qí zhōng
    jin1 yu4 qi2 biao3 , bai4 xu4 qi2 zhong1
chin yü ch`i piao , pai hsü ch`i chung
    chin yü chi piao , pai hsü chi chung
gilded exterior, shabby and ruined on the inside (idiom)

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

This dictionary uses the EDICT and CC-CEDICT dictionary files.
EDICT data is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.

Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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