翩扇不富, in my attempt, might be that those wavery, shaky

characters are bound to a failure.
In Chinese words, are:
穷折腾 or 折腾穷
五行不定,输个干干净净
wǔxíng
〖fiveelements;fiveelementsofmetal,wood,water,fireandearth〗∶指金、木、水、火、土,古人认为这五种物质构成世界万物,中医用五行说明生理、病理上的种种现象,迷信的人用五行推算人的命运