| 成也萧何，败也萧何 |
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé |
lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韩信 being made Grand General 大将军 / fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都 |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |
| 也 |
Yě |
surname Ye |
| 也 |
yě |
also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 |
| 萧 |
Xiāo |
surname Xiao |
| 萧 |
xiāo |
(old) Chinese mugwort / (bound form) desolate; dreary |
| 萧何 |
Xiāo Hé |
Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚汉战争 |
| 何 |
Hé |
surname He |
| 何 |
hé |
what / how / why / which / carry |
| 败 |
bài |
to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither |
| 也 |
Yě |
surname Ye |
| 也 |
yě |
also; too; as well; (not ...) either / (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X) / (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊 |
| 萧 |
Xiāo |
surname Xiao |
| 萧 |
xiāo |
(old) Chinese mugwort / (bound form) desolate; dreary |
| 萧何 |
Xiāo Hé |
Xiao He (-193 BC), famous strategist and chancellor, fought on Liu Bang's 刘邦 side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚汉战争 |
| 何 |
Hé |
surname He |
| 何 |
hé |
what / how / why / which / carry |