成事不足,敗事有餘

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to accomplish a task; to succeed; to complete a mission to fail in something; to bungle; to spoil something
 
to have an abundance; odd; about; or so
trad. (成事不足,敗事有餘) 成事 不足 敗事 有餘
simp. (成事不足,败事有余) 成事 不足 败事 有余

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成事不足,敗事有餘

  1. always failing, never succeeding; plenty of failures, but not much success

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