成事不足，败事有余

unable to accomplish anything but liable to spoil everything (idiom) / unable to do anything right / never make, but always mar

surname Cheng

to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

to accomplish the objective / to succeed

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

insufficient / lacking / deficiency / not enough / inadequate / not worth / cannot / should not

excessive

foot / to be sufficient / ample

to defeat / to damage / to lose (to an opponent) / to fail / to wither

to have; there is / (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)

to have an abundance

surname Yu

(archaic) I / me / variant of 餘|余[yu2], surplus

extra / surplus / remaining / remainder after division / (following numerical value) or more / in excess of (some number) / residue (math.) / after / I / me