功败垂成
功败垂成
gōng bài chuí chéng
to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
verbidiom
Traditional: 功敗垂成
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- (verb, idiom) to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
- to fall at the last hurdle
- snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
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Related Words
失败(shī bài)· to be defeated
→转败为胜(zhuàn bài wéi shèng)· to turn defeat into victory (idiom); snatching victory from the jaws of defeat
→一败涂地(yī bài tú dì)· failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
→名落孙山(míng luò Sūn Shān)· lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sun1 Shan1] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
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