See also: 成事不足，败事有余 Chinese More information trad. (成事不足，敗事有餘), simp. (成事不足，败事有余) ... to accomplish a task; to succeed; to complete a mission insufficient; inadequate; lackinginsufficient; inadequate; lacking; inadequacy; deficiency; dearth; shortage; want; lack; not enough to fail in something; to bungle; to spoil something to have an abundance; odd; aboutto have an abundance; odd; about; or so trad. (成事不足，敗事有餘) 成事 不足 ， 敗事 有餘 simp. (成事不足，败事有余) 成事 不足 ， 败事 有余 Close Pronunciation Mandarin (Pinyin): chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ , ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ Cantonese (Jyutping): sing4 si6 bat1 zuk1, baai6 si6 jau5 jyu4 Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): sen2 si4 bud5 jiug5, bai4 si4 yu1 yi2 Mandarin (Standard Chinese)+ Hanyu Pinyin: chéngshì bùzú, bàishì yǒuyú Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄗㄨˊ , ㄅㄞˋ ㄕˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄩˊ Tongyong Pinyin: chéngshìh bùzú, bàishìh yǒuyú Wade–Giles: chʻêng2-shih4 pu4-tsu2, pai4-shih4 yu3-yü2 Yale: chéng-shr̀ bù-dzú-, bài-shr̀ yǒu-yú Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherngshyh butzwu, bayshyh yeouyu Palladius: чэнши буцзу, байши ююй (čɛnši buczu, bajši jujuj) Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ pu⁵¹ t͡su³⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y³⁵/ Cantonese (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+ Jyutping: sing4 si6 bat1 zuk1, baai6 si6 jau5 jyu4 Yale: sìhng sih bāt jūk, baaih sih yáuh yùh Cantonese Pinyin: sing4 si6 bat7 dzuk7, baai6 si6 jau5 jy4 Guangdong Romanization: xing4 xi6 bed1 zug1, bai6 xi6 yeo5 yu4 Sinological IPA (key): /sɪŋ²¹ siː²² pɐt̚⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ paːi̯²² siː²² jɐu̯¹³ jyː²¹/ Hakka (Meixian) Guangdong: sen2 si4 bud5 jiug5, bai4 si4 yu1 yi2 Sinological IPA: /sən¹¹ sz̩⁵³⁻⁵⁵ put̚¹ t͡siʊk̚¹ paɪ⁵³⁻⁵⁵ sz̩⁵³ iu⁴⁴⁻³⁵ i¹¹/ Idiom 成事不足，敗事有餘 always failing, never succeeding; plenty of failures, but not much success Synonyms (Cantonese) 食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打爛嘢／食嘢唔做嘢，做嘢打烂嘢Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.