| 百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 |
bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī |
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 刘禹锡) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes |
| 百 |
Bǎi |
surname Bai |
| 百 |
bǎi |
hundred / numerous / all kinds of |
| 百胜 |
Bǎi shèng |
BaiSheng, common name for Chinese company / PakSing, common Hong Kong company name |
| 胜 |
shèng |
victory / success / to beat / to defeat / to surpass / victorious / superior to / to get the better of / better than / surpassing / superb (of vista) / beautiful (scenery) / wonderful (view) / (Taiwan pr. [sheng1]) able to bear / equal to (a task) |
| 难 |
nán |
difficult (to...) / problem / difficulty / difficult / not good |
| 难 |
nàn |
disaster / distress / to scold |
| 虑 |
lǜ |
to think over / to consider / anxiety |
| 敌 |
dí |
(bound form) enemy / (bound form) to be a match for; to rival / (bound form) to resist; to withstand |
| 三 |
Sān |
surname San |
| 三 |
sān |
three / 3 |
| 折 |
shé |
to snap / to break (a stick, a bone etc) / (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business) |
| 折 |
zhē |
to turn sth over / to turn upside down / to tip sth out (of a container) |
| 折 |
zhé |
to break / to fracture / to snap / to suffer loss / to bend / to twist / to turn / to change direction / convinced / to convert into (currency) / discount / rebate / tenth (in price) / classifier for theatrical scenes / to fold / accounts book |
| 折 |
zhé |
variant of 折 / to fold |
| 乃 |
nǎi |
to be / thus / so / therefore / then / only / thereupon |
| 乃 |
nǎi |
variant of 乃 |
| 良 |
liáng |
good / very / very much |
| 良医 |
liáng yī |
good doctor / skilled doctor |
| 医 |
yī |
medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat |