to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure; to fall at the last hurdle; snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
trad. 功敗垂成
Also written 功敗垂成【gōng bài chuí chéng】
Characters in this word
4功
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meritorious deed or service, achievement, result, service, accomplishment, work (physics)
- Pinyin
- gōng
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 27779 of 2500
败
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to defeat, to damage, to lose (to an opponent), to fail, to wither
- Pinyin
- bài
- Traditional
- 敗
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 24234 of 2500
垂
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to hang (down), droop, dangle, bend down, hand down, bequeath, nearly, almost, to approach
- Pinyin
- chuí
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 27628 of 2500
成
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surname Cheng, short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- Pinyin
- Chéng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 677 of 2500