人生败笔

[rén shēng bài bĭ]

Failure/Mistake of one's life. This term borrows from calligraphy, where a wrong stroke can ruin the entire artwork. Here it suggests a major misfortune or failure one regards in his/her own life.

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手中敗笔 [shŏu zhōng bài bĭ]
Directly translated as failure in hand which symbolizes that despite ones efforts things did not ...
轻描淡写的败笔 [qīng miáo dàn xiĕ de bài bĭ]
In calligraphy or painting slight strokes of failure means an attempt to gloss over a mistake easily ...