失败是成功之母 shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔ

DEFINITIONS

  1. Failure is the mother of success.

CHARACTERS

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