前功盡棄

Chinese

		previous achievements; previous deeds	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 something)	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
alternative forms		前功盡廢／前功尽废前功皆棄／前功皆弃前功盡滅／前功尽灭

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): qiángōngjìnqì

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: qiángōngjìnqì
  - Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢˊ ㄍㄨㄥㄐㄧㄣˋ ㄑㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: ciángongjìncì
  - Wade–Giles: chʻien²-kung¹-chin⁴-chʻi⁴
  - Yale: chyán-gūng-jìn-chì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyangongjinnchih
  - Palladius: цяньгунцзиньци (cjanʹgunczinʹci)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn³⁵ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡ɕin⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cin⁴ gung¹ zeon⁶ hei³
  - Yale: chìhn gūng jeuhn hei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsin⁴ gung¹ dzoen⁶ hei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qin⁴ gung¹ zên⁶ héi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn²¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɵn²² hei̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiân-kong-chīn-khì
  - Tâi-lô: tsiân-kong-tsīn-khì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cienkongcixnqix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sin²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻²² kɔŋ³³ t͡sin⁴¹⁻²² kʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɛn¹³⁻²² kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sin²²⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sin³³⁻¹¹ kʰi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɛn²³⁻³³ kɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sin³³⁻²¹ kʰi²¹/

Idiom

前功盡棄

all previous achievements go down the drain; all the previous effort is wasted

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