李嘉诚是著名的华人富豪，有记者采访李嘉诚：”大家都很好奇，您在半个多世纪的时间里，是怎么做到把事业扩张到世界各地，又能做到万无一失的呢？
李嘉诚回答：”我往往会花90%的时间考虑失败。
”接着他解释道：”我不停地研究每个项目可能出现的问题。
这就和船在离开港口之前，一定要想到万一遇到台风应该如何应付一样。
”记者问：”一般人满脑子都在想怎么成功，您为什么要花90%的时间去考虑失败呢？
”李嘉诚沉稳地回答：”一定要先想到失败。
一家公司，只要其中一个机构有了一个毛病，这个公司就有可能垮台…
…
把各种失败考虑得越充分，成功的把握才会越大。
”
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 李嘉诚 | Lǐ Jiā chéng | Sir Li Ka-shing (1928-), Hong Kong businessman |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 著名 | zhù míng | famous / noted / well-known / celebrated |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 华人 | Huá rén | ethnic Chinese person or people |
| 富豪 | fù háo | rich and powerful person |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 记者 | jì zhě | reporter; journalist |
| 采访 | cǎi fǎng | to interview / to gather news / to hunt for and collect / to cover |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 好奇 | hào qí | inquisitive / curious |
| 您 | nín | you (courteous, as opposed to informal 你[ni3]) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 半 | bàn | half / semi- |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 世纪 | shì jì | century |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 怎么 | zěn me | how? / what? / why? |
| 做到 | zuò dào | to accomplish / to achieve |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 事业 | shì yè | undertaking / project / activity / (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause / publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation / career / occupation |
| 扩张 | kuò zhāng | to expand / to broaden |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 各地 | gè dì | in all parts of (a country) / various regions |
| 又 | yòu | also |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 万无一失 | wàn wú yī shī | surefire; absolutely safe (idiom) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer / reply; answer |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 往往 | wǎng wǎng | usually / in many cases / more often than not |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 花 | huā | to spend (money, time) |
| 考虑 | kǎo lǜ | to think over / to consider |
| 失败 | shī bài | failure / defeat |
| 接着 | jiē zhe | then / after that / subsequently / in turn / in one's turn |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 解释 | jiě shì | to explain / to interpret / to resolve |
| 道 | dào | to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 停 | tíng | to stop / to halt |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 研究 | yán jiū | to research / to look into |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 项目 | xiàng mù | item; project; (sports) event |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 出现 | chū xiàn | to appear / to arise / to emerge / to show up |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 船 | chuán | boat / vessel / ship |
| 离开 | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 港口 | gǎng kǒu | port / harbor |
| 之前 | zhī qián | before / prior to |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 想到 | xiǎng dào | to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate |
| 万一 | wàn yī | just in case / if by any chance |
| 遇到 | yù dào | to meet; to run into; to come across |
| 台风 | tái fēng | typhoon |
| 应该 | yīng gāi | ought to; should; must |
| 如何 | rú hé | how / what way / what |
| 应付 | yìng fu | to deal with; to cope |
| 一样 | yī yàng | just like |
| 问 | wèn | to ask; to inquire |
| 一般人 | yī bān rén | average person |
| 满 | mǎn | full / filled / packed / satisfied / contented |
| 脑子 | nǎo zi | brains / mind |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | to succeed |
| 为什么 | wèi shén me | why? / for what reason? |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 沉稳 | chén wěn | steady / calm / unflustered |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 只要 | zhǐ yào | so long as; provided; if |
| 其中 | qí zhōng | among / in / included among these |
| 机构 | jī gòu | mechanism / structure / organization / agency / institution |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 毛病 | máo bìng | fault / defect / shortcomings / ailment |
| 垮台 | kuǎ tái | (of a dynasty, regime etc) to collapse; to fall from power |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 越 | yuè | the more... the more |
| 充分 | chōng fèn | fully / to the full |
| 把握 | bǎ wò | assurance / certainty / sure (of the outcome) |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |