失敗者成功之母 [－败－－－－－]

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Pinyin shī bài zhě chéng gōng zhī mǔ

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. proverb
    failure is the mother of success
    (syn.) 失敗是成功之母, 失败乃成功之母, 失敗乃成功之母, 失败是成功之母
    • 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。
      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。
      rén men jīng guò shī bài zhī hòu ， yě jiù cóng shī bài qǔ dé jiào xùn ， gǎi zhèng zì jǐ de sī xiǎng shǐ zhī shì hé yú wài jiè de guī lǜ xìng ， rén men jiù néng biàn shī bài wéi shèng lì ， suǒ wèi “ shī bài zhě chéng gōng zhī mǔ ” ， “ chī yī qiàn zhǎng yī zhì ” ， jiù shì zhè ge dào lǐ ．
      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”.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    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。
    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。
    rén men jīng guò shī bài zhī hòu ， yě jiù cóng shī bài qǔ dé jiào xùn ， gǎi zhèng zì jǐ de sī xiǎng shǐ zhī shì hé yú wài jiè de guī lǜ xìng ， rén men jiù néng biàn shī bài wéi shèng lì ， suǒ wèi “ shī bài zhě chéng gōng zhī mǔ ” ， “ chī yī qiàn zhǎng yī zhì ” ， jiù shì zhè ge dào lǐ ．
    • 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”.