bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī
Traditional: 百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 (bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī) is a Chinese word meaning “(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) 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”.
Meanings
- 1(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) 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
- 2(fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes