汉英词典
MEANING OF 成也蕭何，敗也蕭何
成也蕭何，敗也蕭何
(成也萧何，败也萧何)
(成也萧何，败也萧何)
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
萧何 The prime minister of Han Gaozu Liu Bang / Success is due to Xiao He, and failure is also due to Xiao He / It is a metaphor that the success and failure of things are caused by this person
萧何汉高祖刘邦的丞相。成事由于萧何，败事也由于萧何。比喻事情的成功和失败都是由这一个人造成的。
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但“成也萧何，败也萧何”，昆曲的辉煌与落败都与其特性有关。 But "as also Xiao and loser Xiao, " Kun Opera lost all its glory and characteristics. | ||
然而，“成也萧何，败也萧何”，也正是这个相同的基因变体为非洲的人们增加了爱滋病感染的风险（增至40%的高风险）。 However, this same gene variant may be responsible for giving the African population more of a risk of becoming infected with HIV (up to a 40% higher risk). | ||
此外， Twitter凭借开放和鼓励创新（通过第三方开发者）的战略取得了今天的成功，然而成也萧何，败也萧何，这种战略让Twitter赢利看上去更难实现。 Also, while Twitter's strategy of opening up its API and encouraging innovation by third-party developers has made the service the success it is today, it has also made monetizing Twitter even harder. | ||
