成敗利鈍 chéng bài lì dùn

DEFINITIONS

  1. succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages
  2. success and failure
  3. You win some, you lose some.

CHARACTERS

成 chéng completed, finished, fixed
敗 bài be defeated, decline, fail
利 lì gains, advantage, profit, merit
鈍 dùn blunt, obtuse; dull; flat; dull-witted