前功盡棄

Chinese

		front, forepart; in front; past front, forepart; in front; past; former; previous; last; before; preceding; earlier; ago; future; time ahead; first; top; battlefront; to move forward	merit; achievement; result merit; achievement; result; service; accomplishment	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)		前	功	盡	棄
simp. (前功尽弃)		前	功	尽	弃

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiángōngjìnqì

(Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cin⁴ gung¹ zeon⁶ hei³
Min Nan (POJ): chiân-kong-chīn-khì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: qiángōngjìnqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangongjinnchih
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ gung¹ zeon⁶ hei³
  - Yale: chìhn gūng jeuhn hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ gung¹ dzoen⁶ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ gung¹ zên⁶ héi³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃɵn²² hei̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-kong-chīn-khì
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-kong-tsīn-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienkongcixnqix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³ t͡ɕin⁴¹⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiɛn¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕin²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕin³³⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiɛn²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕin³³⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/

Idiom

前功盡棄

all previous achievements go down the drain

Synonyms

前功盡廢／前功尽废

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