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百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫
简 百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 · 繁 百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫Mandarin · pinyin bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī
Meanings
- (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫 Liú Yǔ xī) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor
- (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
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- 百
- bǎi · one hundred; numerous, many
- 勝
- shèng · victory; excel, be better than
- 難
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- 慮
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- 敵
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- 三
- sān · three
- 折
- zhé · break off, snap; bend
- 乃
- nǎi · then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely
- 良
- liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
- 醫
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- 胜
- shèng · victory; excel, be better than
- 难
- nán · difficult, arduous, hard; unable
- 虑
- lǜ · be concerned, worry about
- 敌
- dí · enemy, foe, rival; resist
- 医
- yī · cure, heal; doctor, medical
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