Shàng guà bùlíng, xià guà líng.

上卦不靈, 下卦靈。

Lit [If] the first divinatory symbol doesn't work, the next one will.

Fig If the first time you fail, the next time you will succeed; “if at first you don't succeed, try, try again.”

Note [Note: bǔguà, “to divine by the Eight Trigrams”; língyàn, “divinely efficacious.”]

Topics bǔguà DIVINATION Eight Dragons língyàn PERSISTENCE SUCCESS TRYING