dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
三七开
sān qī kāi
ratio seventy to thirty / thirty percent failure, seventy percent success
稳操胜算
wěn cāo shèng suàn
to be assured of success
捷报频传
jié bào pín chuán
victory reports pour in (idiom) / news of success in an endless stream
鸡犬升天
jī quǎn shēng tiān
lit. poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一蹴而得
yī cù ér dé
to get there in one step (idiom) / easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
功到自然成
gōng dào zì rán chéng
effort will undoubtedly lead to success (idiom)
千虑一得
qiān lu:4 yī dé
a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.) / Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
名缰利锁
míng jiāng lì suǒ
lit. fettered by fame and locked up by riches (idiom) / tied down by reputation and wealth / the victim of one's own success
坐观成败
zuò guān chéng bài
to sit and await success or failure (idiom) / to wait to see the outcome of a fight before taking sides / to sit on the fence
lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom) / fig. to ride on sb else's success / Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too / Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一举成功
yī jǔ chéng gōng
success at one go / to succeed at the first attempt
一蹴即至
yī cù jí zhì
to get there in one step (idiom) / easily done / success at a stroke / to get results overnight
三七开定论
sān qī kāi dìng lùn
thirty percent failure, seventy percent success, the official PRC verdict on Mao Zedong
久攻不下
jiǔ gōng bù xià
to attack for a long time without success
八字没一撇
bā zì méi yī piě
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇
bā zì hái méi yī piě
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
八字还没一撇儿
bā zì hái méi yī piě r
lit. there is not even the first stroke of the character 八[ba1] (idiom) / fig. things have not even begun to take shape / no sign of success yet
叫响
jiào xiǎng
to gain fame and success
报子
bào zi
bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)
报条
bào tiáo
report of success from a candidate to the imperial examination (old) / list of deaths
报录人
bào lù rén
bearer of good news (esp. announcing success in imperial examinations)
左券在握
zuǒ quàn zài wò
to be assured of success (idiom)
成也萧何，败也萧何
chéng yě Xiāo Hé , bài yě Xiāo Hé
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
招财
zhāo cái
lit. inviting wealth / We wish you success and riches (cf idiom 招財進寶|招财进宝[zhao1 cai2 jin4 bao3])
招财进宝
zhāo cái jìn bǎo
ushering in wealth and prosperity (idiom and traditional greeting, esp. at New Year) / We wish you wealth and success!
机会带来成功
jī huì dài lái chéng gōng
Opportunity brings success. (idiom)
滴水石穿
dī shuǐ shí chuān
dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) / constant perseverance yields success / You can achieve your aim if you try hard without giving up. / Persistent effort overcomes any difficulty.
望女成凤
wàng nu:3 chéng fèng
lit. to hope one's daughter becomes a phoenix (idiom) / fig. to hope one's daughter is a success in life
lit. you plant a garden and the flowers do not bloom, you poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree / fig. things do not always turn out as one would expect / well-laid plans may fail, and success may come where you least expect it
无心插柳柳成阴
wú xīn chā liǔ liǔ chéng yīn
lit. idly poke a stick in the mud and it grows into a tree to shade you / (fig.) unintentional actions may bring unexpected success / also written 無心插柳柳成蔭|无心插柳柳成荫
lit. to want to get fat with only one mouthful (proverb) / fig. to try to achieve one's goal in the shortest time possible / to be impatient for success
小时了了，大未必佳
xiǎo shí liǎo liǎo , dà wèi bì jiā
being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up (proverb)
lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
卫霍
Wèi Huò
abbr. for generals Wei Qing 衛青|卫青 / and Huo Qubing 霍去病 / of Western Han 西漢|西汉[Xi1 Han4], famous for their success in quelling the Xiongnu barbarian invaders
积土成山
jī tǔ chéng shān
lit. piling up dirt eventually creates a mountain (idiom) / fig. success is the cumulation of lots of small actions
放卫星
fàng wèi xīng
to launch a satellite / (fig.) (neologism during the Great Leap Forward, c. 1958) to achieve prominent success / (later used sarcastically) to make exaggerated claims / to talk big
(Internet slang) the three 子's that symbolize success in life: a house, a car and a wife (房子[fang2 zi5], 車子|车子[che1 zi5] and 妻子[qi1 zi5]) / (archaic) cautious / cowardly
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