成败 (chéng bài) — success or failure; the outcome (win or lose)

Definition

A fixed pair meaning 'success or failure' as a single outcome — used to talk about a result as a whole, not the two sides separately.

noun
success or failurethe outcome (win or lose)

Examples

  • 成败
    Shì qing de chéng bài qǔ jué yú wǒ men xiàn zài de nǔ lì.
    The success or failure of the matter depends on our current efforts.
  • 成败
    Bù guǎn chéng bài, wǒ men dōu yīng gāi jiān chí dào dǐ.
    Regardless of success or failure, we should persist to the end.
  • 成败
    Zhè cì bǐ sài de chéng bài duì tā lái shuō fēi cháng zhòng yào.
    The outcome of this competition is very important to him.

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