失敗者成功之母

Chinese

		to be defeated; to fail; to come to nothing to be defeated; to fail; to come to nothing; to fall through	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does something)	to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful to succeed; to achieve success; to be successful; to complete a task	's; him/her/it; this	female; mother
trad. (失敗者成功之母)		失敗	者	成功	之	母
simp. (失败者成功之母)		失败	者	成功	之	母

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shībài zhě chénggōng zhī mǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄇㄨˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shībài zhě chénggōng zhī mǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕ ㄅㄞˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄔㄥˊ ㄍㄨㄥ ㄓ ㄇㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shihbài jhě chénggong jhih mǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shih¹-pai⁴ chê³ chʻêng²-kung¹ chih¹ mu³
    • Yale: shr̄-bài jě chéng-gūng jr̄ mǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shybay jee chernggong jy muu
    • Palladius: шибай чжэ чэнгун чжи му (šibaj čžɛ čɛngun čži mu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵ mu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Proverb

失敗者成功之母

1. failure is the mother of success

   • 人們經過失敗之後，也就從失敗取得教訓，改正自己的思想使之適合於外界的規律性，人們就能變失敗為勝利，所謂「失敗者成功之母」，「吃一塹長一智」，就是這個道理。 [MSC, trad.]
     人们经过失败之后，也就从失败取得教训，改正自己的思想使之适合于外界的规律性，人们就能变失败为胜利，所谓「失败者成功之母」，「吃一堑长一智」，就是这个道理。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Rénmen jīngguò shībài zhīhòu, yě jiù cóng shībài qǔdé jiàoxùn, gǎizhèng zìjǐ de sīxiǎng shǐ zhī shìhé yú wàijiè de guīlǜxìng, rénmen jiù néng biàn shībài wéi shènglì, suǒwèi “shībài zhě chénggōng zhī mǔ”, “chī yī qiàn zhǎng yī zhì”, jiùshì zhège dàolǐ. [Pinyin]

     After they fail, they draw their lessons, correct their ideas to make them correspond to the laws of the external world, and can thus turn failure into success; this is what is meant by “failure is the mother of success” and “a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit”.

Synonyms

• 失敗乃成功之母／失败乃成功之母 (shībài nǎi chénggōng zhī mǔ)
• 失敗是成功之母／失败是成功之母 (shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ)