4 characters Idiom and proverb 7 613

Free Chinese learning, tailored for you! This series highlights idioms and proverbs, useful in many contexts. Let’s explain 「成敗得失」 and how it’s used.

Introducing the idiom 「成敗得失」: its meaning and how to use it are provided below.

De: gain profit. Lose: fail. Success and failure, gain and loss.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

chéng bài dé shī

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sing4 baai6 dak1 sat1

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