格言 géyán maxim Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 1 sentence “失败乃成功之母”是一句著名的格言。 “ shībài nǎi chénggōng zhī mǔ” shì yī jù zhùmíng de géyán. 'Failure is the mother of success' is a famous maxim. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary