- 功 verbnounachievementachievement; result; success; a positive outcome from effort
- 不 adverbnotNegative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings
- 唐 adjectiveboastful(bound form) exaggerated; boastful; empty or in vain, as in the term 功不唐捐
- to abandonTo relinquish, abandon, or sacrifice (one's life, family, etc.)