Chinese–English
成事不足，败事有余
chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú · cheng shi bu zu , bai shi you yu
Traditional 成事不足，敗事有餘
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
- unable to do anything right
- never make, but always mar
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