成也萧何，败也萧何
Traditional form:
成也蕭何，敗也蕭何
Pinyin (reading):
chéngyě Xiāo Hé,bàiyě Xiāo Hé
Definitions:
- lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信／韩信 ( Hán Xìn) being made Grand General 大將軍／大将军 (dàjiāngjūn)
- fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor
Characters:
- 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
- 也 - also, too
- 萧 - mournful, desolate; common Artemisa
- 何 - what, why, where, which, how
- 败 - failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
- 也 - also, too
- 萧 - mournful, desolate; common Artemisa
- 何 - what, why, where, which, how
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