母 mǔ HSK3 mother Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: origin All meanings 18 mǔ 18 female 9origin 7mother 2 7 sentences for 母 (mǔ — origin) 恒言道:“失败乃成功之母。” héng yán dào:“ shībài nǎi chénggōng zhī mǔ.” As the saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success." Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary需求是发明之母。 xūqiú shì fāmíng zhī mǔ. Necessity is the mother of invention. Source: OpenSubtitles失败是成功之母。 shībài shì chénggōng zhī mǔ. Failure is the mother of success. Source: Tatoeba重复是记忆之母。 chóngfù shì jìyì zhī mǔ. Repetition is the mother of memory. Source: Tatoeba失败乃成功之母。 shībài nǎi chénggōng zhī mǔ. Failure is the mother of success. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary无知是恐惧之母,也是崇拜之母。 wúzhī shì kǒngjù zhī mǔ, yě shì chóngbài zhī mǔ. Ignorance is the mother of fear as well as of admiration. Source: Tatoeba“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