敗於垂成
bài​yú​chuí​chéng

to fail within reach of success

  • created reference approved 败于垂成/敗於垂成 → 功亏一篑/功虧一簣 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    败于垂成 / 敗於垂成 bài​yú​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 reference approved 败于垂成/敗於垂成 → 功败垂成/功敗垂成 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    败于垂成 / 敗於垂成 bài​yú​chuí​chéng

    功败垂成 / 功敗垂成 gōng​bài​chuí​chéng

    synonym

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

    created reference

  • created sense approved 败于垂成/敗於垂成 · bài​yú​chuí​chéng · to fail within reach of success — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    败于垂成 / 敗於垂成

    bài​yú​chuí​chéng

    to fail within reach of success

    to fail at the last moment when something is almost finished or successful

    败 (literal) → 败/敗 · bài · to be defeated 于 (literal) → 于/於 · yú · in 垂成 (literal) → 垂成 · chuí​chéng · to approach completion

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

    created sense