成也蕭何，敗也蕭何

Chinese

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Etymology

In the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Xiao He recommended Han Xin become a general, later he helped Empress Lü Zhi to have Han Xin killed. Later, this phrase was used as a metaphor to describe a situation in the success or failure of an endeavor derives from the same person or thing.

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): chéng yě Xiāo Hé, bài yě Xiāo Hé
    (Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄜˊ , ㄅㄞˋ ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄜˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): sing4 jaa5 siu1 ho4, baai6 jaa5 siu1 ho4
  • Mandarin
    • (Standard Chinese)+
      • Hanyu Pinyin: chéng yě Xiāo Hé, bài yě Xiāo Hé
      • Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄜˊ , ㄅㄞˋ ㄧㄝˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄏㄜˊ
      • Tongyong Pinyin: chéng yě Siao Hé, bài yě Siao Hé
      • Wade–Giles: chʻêng2 yeh3 Hsiao1 Ho2, pai4 yeh3 Hsiao1 Ho2
      • Yale: chéng yě Syāu Hé-, bài yě Syāu Hé
      • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng yee Shiau Her, bay yee Shiau Her
      • Palladius: чэн е Сяо Хэ, бай е Сяо Хэ (čɛn je Sjao Xɛ, baj je Sjao Xɛ)
      • Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ paɪ̯⁵¹ jɛ²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xɤ³⁵/
  • Cantonese

Idiom

成也蕭何，敗也蕭何

  1. the key to one's success is also one's undoing

Usage notes

蕭何／萧何 (Xiāo Hé) can also be replaced with any name.

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