前功盡棄
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Chinese[edit]
previous achievements; previous deeds | to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth) |
abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away | ||
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trad. (前功盡棄) | 前功 | 盡 | 棄 | |
simp. (前功尽弃) | 前功 | 尽 | 弃 | |
alternative forms | 前功盡廢/前功尽废 前功皆棄/前功皆弃 前功盡滅/前功尽灭 |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
前功盡棄
- all previous achievements go down the drain; all the previous effort is wasted