功败垂成 (功敗垂成) gōng bài chuí chéng
gōng bài chuí chéng
set phrase
to fail within sight of success; last-minute failure/to fall at the last hurdle/snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '功敗垂成'; Guoyu '功敗垂成')
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- 卷七十九 列傳第四十九 謝尚 謝安 Volume 79 Biographies 49: Xie Shang; Xie An Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1