败于垂成 bàiyúchuíchéng to fail within reach of success Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 败 敗 bài verb to be defeated to lose a war, competition, or game; to fail at a task于 於 yú preposition in Indicates a location, scope, or time; equivalent to 在 zài垂成 chuíchéng to approach completion (literary) to draw close to a successful conclusion; to be approaching success or completion
