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Open the tool →失败乃成功之母 (shī bài nǎi chéng gōng zhī mǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “Failure serves as a valuable lesson or stepping stone towards eventual success; one learns from mistakes and improves”.
失败乃成功之母 is pronounced shī bài nǎi chéng gōng zhī mǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 失败乃成功之母 means “Failure is the mother of success”. It is used to mean “Failure serves as a valuable lesson or stepping stone towards eventual success; one learns from mistakes and improves”.
失败往往是成功的先导。指从失败中吸取教训,最后取得胜利