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成事不足，败事有余

chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yú · cheng shi bu zu , bai shi you yu

Traditional 成事不足，敗事有餘

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unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
unable to do anything right
never make, but always mar

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