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败事有余成事不足
败事有余成事不足
败事有余成事不足
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败事有余成事不足
败事有余成事不足
败事有余成事不足
败事有余成事不足

败事有余成事不足 — “Good at messing things up, bad at getting things done, More apt to cause failure than to achieve success” in Chinese

败事有余成事不足 means “Good at messing things up, bad at getting things done, More apt to cause failure than to achieve success, Someone who causes more harm than good, A liability; only capable of spoiling things, not accomplishing them” in Chinese. See the pinyin, native audio pronunciation, and what each character means.

Usage

Good at messing things up, bad at getting things done.

More apt to cause failure than to achieve success.

Someone who causes more harm than good.

A liability; only capable of spoiling things, not accomplishing them.

The characters in 败事有余成事不足

CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
败
8lose, fail, defeat, ruin
事
8matter, event, or undertaking
有
6to have or to exist
余
7I, me, remaining, after
成
7to become or succeed
事
8matter, event, or undertaking
不
4not
足
7foot, sufficient, full

More words starting with 败

  • bài败xià下zhèn阵lái来be defeated, lose
  • bài败guāng光le了Lost everything, Squandered it all
  • bài败guāng光le了jiā家chǎn产squandered the family fortune, frittered away the family fortune
  • bài败xìng兴spoil the fun, dampen spirits
  • bài败jūn军Defeated army, Vanquished forces
  • bài败běi北Defeat, Lose
  • bài败běi北le了Lost, Was defeated
  • bài败míng名disgrace one's name, ruin one's reputation
  • bài败zài在lost to, defeated by
  • bài败huài坏Corrupt, Ruin
  • bài败huài坏le了ruined, corrupted
  • bài败jiàng将defeated general, vanquished general

Frequently asked questions

What does 败事有余成事不足 mean in Chinese?
败事有余成事不足 means “Good at messing things up, bad at getting things done, more apt to cause failure than to achieve success, Someone who causes more harm than good, a liability; only capable of spoiling things, not accomplishing them”.
How do you say “Good at messing things up, bad at getting things done.” in Chinese?
“Good at messing things up, bad at getting things done.” is 败事有余成事不足 in Chinese.
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