成败利钝 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• succeed or fail, sharp or blunt ; advantages and disadvantages
• success and failure
• You win some, you lose some.

Character by character

• 成chéngto accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish;
• 败bàifailure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
• 利lìgains, advantage, profit, merit
• 钝dùnblunt, obtuse; dull, flat; dim-witted

Idioms sharing a character

• 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
• 一成不变 yī chéng bù biàn
• 一举成名 yī jǔ chéng míng
• 一语成谶 yī yǔ chéng chèn
• 一雨成秋 yī yǔ chéng qiū
• 三五成群 sān wǔ chéng qún
• 三人成虎 sān rén chéng hǔ
• 不成体统 bù chéng tǐ tǒng
• 出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng
• 功成不居 gōng chéng bù jū

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