成败利钝 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
HSK 3
completed, finished, fixed
败 bài
HSK 4
be defeated, decline, fail
利 lì
HSK 4
gains, advantage, profit, merit
钝 dùn
HSK 6
blunt, obtuse; dull; flat; dull-witted