chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé

Traditional: 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何

成也萧何，败也萧何 (chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1]; fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. raised up by Xiao He, cast down by Xiao He (idiom), alluding to Han Xin 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] being made Grand General 大將軍|大将军[da4 jiang1 jun1]
  2. 2fig. a situation where one's success and failure are both due to the same factor

Characters in 成也萧何，败也萧何

成chéng · to succeed也yě · also; too; as well; (not ...) either萧xiāo · (old) Chinese mugwort何hé · what败bài · to defeat也yě · also; too; as well; (not ...) either萧xiāo · (old) Chinese mugwort何hé · what

Related words

也also; too; as well; (not ...) either也surname Ye也许perhaps; maybe任何any; whatever; whichever成to succeed成surname Cheng如何how成为to become; to turn into成功to succeed成功Chenggong or Chengkung town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan变成to change into完成to complete; to accomplish

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