成事不足，敗事有餘 [－－－－－败－－余]

Jyutping sing4 si6 bat1 zuk1 ， baai6 si6 jau5 jyu4
Pinyin chéng shì bù zú ， bài shì yǒu yú

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    always failing, never succeeding; plenty of failures, but not much success
    (syn.) 做嘢打烂嘢, 做嘢打爛嘢, 食嘢唔做嘢

成事不足，敗事有餘 [－－－－－败－－余]

Jyutping sing4 si6 bat1 zuk1 , baai6 si6 jau5 jyu4
Pinyin chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
  2. unable to do anything right
  3. never make, but always mar