前功尽弃 qiángōngjìnqì to waste all previous efforts Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qiángōngjìnqì to waste all previous efforts (idiom) all that has been achieved goes down the drain; all previous work being undone Frequency Movie subtitles 1.28 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.760 per million Cross-References Synonym 付之东流 fùzhīdōngliú尽付东流 jìnfùdōngliú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
前功尽弃 前功盡棄 qiángōngjìnqì to waste all previous efforts (idiom) all that has been achieved goes down the drain; all previous work being undone Frequency Movie subtitles 1.28 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.760 per million Cross-References Synonym 付之东流 fùzhīdōngliú尽付东流 jìnfùdōngliú Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
