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成敗利鈍

简成败利钝 · 繁成敗利鈍

Mandarin · pinyin chéng bài lì dùn

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

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

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2–4–4–4 · cheng2 bai4 li4 dun4

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sing4 baai6 lei6 deon6

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(idiomatic) success or failure; smoothness or setback

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