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萧何
xiāo​hé

Xiao He

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  • 成也萧何,败也萧何 chéng​yě​xiāo​hé​bài​yě​xiāo​hé be both one's success and one's failure
    One's success and failure are both due to the same factor or person; alludes to the historical figure [[萧何|蕭何|xiao1 he2]] who both helped [[韩信|韓信|han2 xin4]] rise to power and later plotted his downfall.
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