成事不足,败事有余
chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yúchengshibuzu,baishiyouyu
- unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom)
- unable to do anything right
- never make, but always mar
chéng shì bù zú , bài shì yǒu yúchengshibuzu,baishiyouyu
Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences