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成也蕭何,敗也蕭何
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成也蕭何,敗也蕭何
Simplified
成也萧何,败也萧何
Pinyin
cheng2 ye3 Xiao1 He2 , bai4 ye3 Xiao1 He2
English
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
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