jìn​fù​dōng​liú

all in vain

  • created reference approved 尽付东流/盡付東流 → 前功尽弃/前功盡棄 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尽付东流 / 盡付東流 jìn​fù​dōng​liú

    前功尽弃 / 前功盡棄 qián​gōng​jìn​qì

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  • created reference approved 尽付东流/盡付東流 → 付诸东流/付諸東流 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尽付东流 / 盡付東流 jìn​fù​dōng​liú

    付诸东流 / 付諸東流 fù​zhū​dōng​liú

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  • created reference approved 尽付东流/盡付東流 → 希望落空 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尽付东流 / 盡付東流 jìn​fù​dōng​liú

    希望落空 xī​wàng​luò​kōng

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  • created sense approved 尽付东流/盡付東流 · jìn​fù​dōng​liú · all in vain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    尽付东流 / 盡付東流

    jìn​fù​dōng​liú

    all in vain

    All one's efforts or hopes have been completely lost, like everything being swept away by a river flowing east

    尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · completely 付 (literal) → 付 · fù · to hand over 东 (literal) → 东/東 · dōng · east 流 (literal) → 流 · liú · to flow

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

    created sense