事敗垂成
shì​bài​chuí​chéng

to fail on the verge of success

  • created reference approved 事败垂成/事敗垂成 → 功亏一篑/功虧一簣 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    事败垂成 / 事敗垂成 shì​bài​chuí​chéng

    功亏一篑 / 功虧一簣 gōng​kuī​yī​kuì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 事败垂成/事敗垂成 · shì​bài​chuí​chéng · to fail on the verge of success — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    事败垂成 / 事敗垂成

    shì​bài​chuí​chéng

    to fail on the verge of success

    to fail at the final stage when a task is nearly finished; the opposite of achieving success at the last moment

    事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 败 (literal) → 败/敗 · bài · to be defeated 垂成 (literal) → 垂成 · chuí​chéng · to approach completion

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense