以失败而告终

Traditional form:

以失敗而告終

Pinyin (reading):

yǐshībài'érgàozhōng

Definitions:

• to succeed through failure
• to achieve one's final aim despite apparent setback

Characters:

• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 败 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 告 - to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
• 终 - end; finally, in the end

Traditional characters:

• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 敗 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
• 而 - and, and then, and yet; but
• 告 - to tell, to inform, to announce; to accuse
• 終 - end; finally, in the end