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失敗乃成功之母 (sat1 baai6 naai5 sing4 gung1 zi1 mou5) — success comes from failure; failure breeds success in Cantonese

satˉ¹失baaiˍ₆敗naaiˏ₅乃singˎ₄成gungˉ¹功ziˉ¹之mouˏ₅母
简 失败乃成功之母
Mandarin Pinyin: shi1 bai4 nai3 cheng2 gong1 zhi1 mu3

Meaning of 失敗乃成功之母

nounsuccess comes from failure; failure breeds success
nounproverb: Failure is the mother of success; Failure teaches success.

Characters in 失敗乃成功之母

失sat1
lose
敗baai6
fail; spoil; ruin; tarnish
乃naai5
therefore; so
成sing4
one tenth; 10 per cent
功gung1
merit; meritorious service; achievement
之zi1
's; of (used between two nouns to show possession or subordination)
母mou5
origin; parent; mother

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