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成败
成敗
chéngbài
1. success or failure

Character Breakdown

成
chéng
to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
HSK 3 6 丶
败
bài
failure; to decline, to fail, to suffer defeat
HSK 4 8 丶

Compound Words (5)

坐观成败
zuòguānchéngbài
to sit and await success or failure (idiom); to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides
成败利钝
chéngbàilìdùn
succeed or fail, sharp or blunt (idiom); advantages and disadvantages
成败得失
chéngbàidéshī
lit. success and failure, the gains and losses (idiom)
成败论人
chéngbàilùnrén
to judge people based on their success or failure (idiom)
成败在此一举
chéngbàizàicǐyījǔ
win or lose, it all ends here

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