成事不足，败事有余

See also: 成事不足，敗事有餘

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 成事不足，败事有余 – see 成事不足，敗事有餘 (“always failing, never succeeding; plenty of failures, but not much success”). (This term is the simplified form of 成事不足，敗事有餘).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.