bǎi​shèng​nán​lǜ​dí​sān​zhé​nǎi​liáng​yī

failure is the mother of success

Senses

百胜难虑敌,三折乃良医/ 百勝難慮敵,三折乃良醫 bǎi​shèng​nán​lǜ​dí​sān​zhé​nǎi​liáng​yī failure is the mother of success

One learns more from one's failures than from one's successes; literary expression by 刘禹锡 liú​yǔ​xī literally meaning that a hundred victories make it hard to evaluate an enemy, while breaking one's arm three times makes one a good doctor

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