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前功盡棄. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Chinese
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previous achievements; previous deeds
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to use up; to exhaust; to end to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth) |
abandon; relinquish; to discard abandon; relinquish; to discard; to throw away |
| trad. (前功盡棄)
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前功
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盡
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棄
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| simp. (前功尽弃)
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前功
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尽
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弃
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| alternative forms
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前功盡廢／前功尽废
前功皆棄／前功皆弃
前功盡滅／前功尽灭
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Pronunciation
Idiom
前功盡棄
- all previous achievements go down the drain; all the previous effort is wasted