百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医
Traditional: 百勝難慮敵，三折乃良醫Dictionary entry
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) 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
What does 百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 mean?
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 (bǎi shèng nán lǜ dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī) has the following dictionary meaning.
1(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) 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
2(fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
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百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医
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