功亏一篑 gōngkuīyīkuì to fall short at the last minute Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōngkuīyīkuì to fall short at the last minute to fail to complete a project due to the lack of a final effort; to fall short of success when one is just one step away from finishing. Originally referring to failing to complete a mountain for lack of one final basket of earth. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.570 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.810 per million Cross-References Synonym 功败垂成 gōngbàichuíchéng败于垂成 bàiyúchuíchéng事败垂成 shìbàichuíchéng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
功亏一篑 功虧一簣 gōngkuīyīkuì to fall short at the last minute to fail to complete a project due to the lack of a final effort; to fall short of success when one is just one step away from finishing. Originally referring to failing to complete a mountain for lack of one final basket of earth. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.570 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.810 per million Cross-References Synonym 功败垂成 gōngbàichuíchéng败于垂成 bàiyúchuíchéng事败垂成 shìbàichuíchéng Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
