to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom); all that has been achieved goes down the drain
trad. 前功盡棄
Also written 前功盡棄【qián gōng jìn qì】
Characters in this word
4前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
功
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meritorious deed or service, achievement, result, service, accomplishment, work (physics)
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 27779 of 2500
尽
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to the greatest extent, (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme, to be within the limits of, to give priority to
- Pinyin
- jǐn
- Traditional
- 儘
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2396 of 2500
弃
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to abandon, to relinquish, to discard, to throw away
- Pinyin
- qì
- Traditional
- 棄
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 17851 of 2500