百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医
bǎi​shèng​nán​lǜ​dí​sān​zhé​nǎi​liáng​yī

failure is the mother of success

  1. 百 bǎi numeral
    hundred
    the number one hundred; 100
  2. 胜 勝 shèng verb
    to win
    to win a victory; to defeat or beat an opponent; to succeed
  3. 难 難 nán adjective
    difficult
    difficult; hard to do; troublesome; not easy; problematic; the opposite of 容易 róng​yì
  4. 虑 慮 lǜ verb
    to consider
    (bound form) to think over; to ponder; to plan or deliberate
  5. 敌 敵 dí noun
    enemy
    (bound form) enemy; foe; a person or group that is hostile toward another
  6. ， sān
    non-Chinese
  7. 三 sān numeral
    three
    the number three; 3
  8. 折 zhé verbparticle
    to break
    to break; to snap; to bend; to fold; to twist
  9. 乃 nǎi
    to be
    (literary) to be; refers to something being truly or certainly the case
  10. 良 liáng adjectivenoun
    good
    good; fine; excellent; of high quality
  11. 医 醫 yī nounverb
    doctor
    (bound form) doctor of medicine, such as in 医生 yī​shēng or 牙医 yá​yī