前功尽弃
Traditional form:
前功盡棄
Pinyin (reading):
qiángōngjìnqì
Definitions:
- to waste all one's previous efforts (idiom)
- all that has been achieved goes down the drain
Characters:
- 前 - in front, forward; former, preceding
- 功 - achievement, good work; merit; service
- 尽 - to exhaust, to use up, to deplete
- 弃 - to abandon, to discard, to reject; to desert; to forget
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