前功尽弃 (前功盡棄) qián gōng jìn qì
qián gōng jìn qì
set phrase
to waste all previous labor
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '前功盡棄'; Guoyu '前功盡棄'; Mathews 1931 '前功盡棄', p. 126)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 《子罕第九》 Commentary on Zi Han IX Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 13 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 卷三百二十 列傳第二百〇八 外國一 朝鮮 Volume 320 Biographies 208: Foreign States 1 - Korea History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 《周本紀》 Annals of Zhou Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 1
- 卷三百十一 列傳第一百九十九 四川土司一 Volume 311 Biographies 199: Sichuan Tribal Headmen 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 第一百十一回 Chapter 111 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1