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前功尽弃
qián​gōng​jìn​qì

to waste all previous efforts

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 前 qián prepositionlocative
    before
    (bound form) ago; before; earlier; previously
  2. 功 gōng verbnoun
    achievement
    achievement; result; success; a positive outcome from effort
  3. 尽 盡 jìn verb
    to use up
    to use up; to exhaust; to finish; to end
  4. 弃 棄 qì verb
    to abandon
    to discard; to throw away; to relinquish; to give up