百胜难虑敌,三折乃良医 百勝難慮敵,三折乃良醫
bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī
释义
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 刘禹锡 Liú Yǔ xī) 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
汉字
百bǎione hundred; numerous, many一白胜shèngvictory; to excel, to truimph⺼生难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable又隹虑lǜanxious, concerned, worried虍心敌díenemy, foe, rival; to match; to resist舌攵三sānthree一二折zhéto break, to snap; to fold, to bend; to bow; humble扌斤乃nǎithen; really, indeed, after all丿良liánggood, virtuous, respectable丶艮医yīto cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine匸矢