shī bài shì chéng gōng zhī mǔdictionary entry
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Failure is the mother of success.
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Original source entry:

失敗是成功之母 失败是成功之母 [shi1 bai4 shi4 cheng2 gong1 zhi1 mu3] /Failure is the mother of success./

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失败是成功之母
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