功败垂成
gōng​bài​chuí​chéng

to fail at the last hurdle

  • created reference approved 功败垂成/功敗垂成 → 功堕垂成/功墮垂成 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    功败垂成 / 功敗垂成 gōng​bài​chuí​chéng

    功堕垂成 / 功墮垂成 gōng​duò​chuí​chéng

    variant

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 功败垂成/功敗垂成 · gōng​bài​chuí​chéng · to fail at the last hurdle — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    功败垂成 / 功敗垂成

    gōng​bài​chuí​chéng

    to fail at the last hurdle

    to fail when on the verge of success; a last-minute failure

    功 (literal) → 功 · gōng · achievement 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