Chinese word dictionary

成败利钝

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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Word information

Simplified成败利钝

Traditional成敗利鈍

Pinyinchéng bài lì dùn

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

成chéng

to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed

败bài

failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat

利lì

gains, advantage, profit, merit

钝dùn

blunt, obtuse; dull, flat; dim-witted

How to learn 成败利钝

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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to become; to turn into

打败dǎbài

to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated