失敗是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ

DEFINITIONS

  1. Failure is the mother of success.

CHARACTERS

失 shī
HSK 4
lose; make mistake, neglect
敗 bài be defeated, decline, fail
是 shì
HSK 1
indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
成 chéng
HSK 3
completed, finished, fixed
功 gōng
HSK 4
achievement, merit, good result
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
母 mǔ
HSK 4
mother; female elders; female