失败是成功之母

Traditional form:

失敗是成功之母

Pinyin (reading):

shībàishìchénggōngzhīmǔ

Definitions:

• Failure is the mother of success.

Characters:

• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 败 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 功 - achievement, good work; merit; service
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 母 - mother; female elders; female

Traditional characters:

• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
• 敗 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
• 是 - to be; indeed, right, yes; okay
• 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
• 功 - achievement, good work; merit; service
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 母 - mother; female elders; female